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About Therapy ARC - Animals
Reaching Clients
Therapy ARC welcomes you to its website!
We are proud to be a Delta Society® Affiliate and we urge you to
look over the Delta
Society Website for detailed information and resources
regarding the human-animal connection. Therapy ARC's mission is
to provide the best possible animal assisted activity and
therapy services, with teams of trained and registered
individuals and their companion animals, to clients in Middle
Tennessee. We are dedicated to the ideal of promoting the
benefits of the human-animal bond.
Therapy ARC began as an
outreach program of a local Humane Shelter in 2001. In 2004,
Therapy ARC formed it's own non-profit organization and
continued it's growth. Since then, Therapy ARC has grown to
over ninety teams visiting regularly at over sixty facilities in
the Williamson, Davidson, and Wilson County areas of the
metropolitan Nashville area. Pet Partner®
training workshops are held regularly and are taught by Delta
Society licensed Instructors. Workshops conclude with
evaluations, conducted by Delta Society licensed Evaluators,
which determine the skills and aptitude of an animal-handler
team. Since fall of 2001, fifteen Pet Partners training
workshops have been conducted with more than 185 students
attending.
Therapy ARC is
people who are dedicated to the clients, patients, residents,
and children they have committed to impact with their therapy
animal partner. We think of ourselves as a team because only by
working together towards our common goal are we truly able to
make a difference in the lives of others. Our
vision, as a team, is to become Middle Tennessee's leading AAA/T
provider, bringing innovation to the way clients' lives are
enhanced.
Thank you for visiting the Therapy
ARC website. This site will be updated
regularly with new information on our group’s activities, upcoming events
in the area, and information on our animal-assisted
activities/therapy.
Kenneth Bell
Chairman of the
Therapy ARC Board of Directors
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