Animal Assisted Therapy With Meghan Landry

Mental Health Role Models

English - May 02, 2023 21:53 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Meghan Landry is a Certified Child Life Specialist at UMass Memorial Medical Center and main handler of Valentina, a full-time animal assistant at UMass Memorial's Children’s Medical Center. We talk with Meghan about the benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy in a hospital setting, how she got paired up with her canine sidekick and how Valentina provides help for her when they're off duty.

Follow Valentina on Instagram: @umass_supaw_stars

Make a donation to help Valentina: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/umassmemorialanimalassistedtherapy