If you’ve wondered how you can help to grow Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice in Animal-Assisted Therapy—this episode with Mel is for you.

In this 60th episode of Therapy Dog Talk, Mel Trueblood-Stimpson, a Scientist, Consultant, Charity Director and Certified Animal-Assisted Therapy professional in Ohio, who is currently in the field of Neuroethology and focuses on decolonization work in STEM in addition to working with their therapy partner Bowie, a Norwegian Forest cat mix.

In this episode, we discuss …

• How working with the unhoused led Mel to Animal-Assisted Therapy.
• Why Mel got involved in training and education for Animal-Assisted Social Work.
• What we can do to address our own biases and awareness.

Give it a listen and let me know which part you found the most helpful, then follow their work at @ludarbehavior.

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