# Occupation profile — animal assisted therapist

- **ESCO URI:** http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e6023abf-ced3-4ac9-9437-cc79e4396e3e
- **ESCO code:** 2269.9.1
- **ISCO-08 group:** 2269 — Health professionals not elsewhere classified

## Description (ESCO)

Animal assisted therapists provide support to individuals with cognitive, motoric, or social-emotional disabilities through animal assisted intervention. They involve pets and domesticated animals in a specific intervention plan such as therapy, education, and human service, and aim to restore and maintain the patients` well-being and recovery.

## Definition

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## Alternative labels

- animal assisted intervention professional