Onaidy

Value: A value that is important to me is helping others. Format for product or performance: I want to have a speaker come in and speak of their pet assisted therapy program from the humane society and organize a donation drive at school for supplies. Possible project: A donation drive and speaker. Possible mentor: Someone from the program, or a friend. Audience: Possibly elementary and secondary.
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November 15, 2010

Dear Senior Advisory Committee,

A value that I hold that is very important to me is helping others. Though people try to help others as much as they can, sometimes there are things that we can’t do but animals can. I would like to learn more about how animals can help people emotionally and physically. I believe this is a learning stretch for me by learning about how people with disabilities or elders can sometimes react with animals.

Having animals as companions goes back perhaps even to prehistoric times. Cave drawings show people and wolves sitting around campfires. Egyptians were buried with cats or other pets so they might be together after death. I will explore who it helps and how it has impacted their life. I will use books, websites and an interview. I am not entirely sure about a mentor but I will keep working on finding someone that could help.

For my project I'm planning on taking a tour to the San Diego Humane Society and to volunteering in the Pet Assisted Program. My purpose is to share animals with people of all ages in care facilities such as mental health centers, hospitals, abused children's home's etc. My audience will be the people I will visit and the people in the program. It will benefit the community in learning this specific way of using the Pet Assisted Therapy to help people. I think I will make an international connection because this help of therapy is a program that is provided all over the world. I plan to share my knowledge and experiences in the Doors to Diplomacy website program.

I understand that plagiarism is the same as stealing someone Else's thoughts or ideas. If I do not give credit to all my sources used, I understand that I will fail the entire Senior Project, therefore not meet graduation requirements at John Muir School. Therefore, I plan to do original work and cite all sources used.

Sincerely,

Onaidy Ramirez

Anne: I hope you will be able to arrange to observe pet-assisted therapy. Are you already getting volunteer time at the Humane Society or a nursing home? Anne: This project could be important for many people Rachel: This is a good project idea. Mr Loessel: The tour and the volunteer work needs to be arranged sooner then later. You have a good idea that will require much research.

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D2D entry: I'm planning on taking a tour to the San Diego Humane Society and to volunteering in the Pet Assisted Program. My purpose is to share animals with people of all ages in care facilities such as mental health centers, hospitals, abused children's home's etc. It will benefit the community in learning this specific way of using the Pet Assisted Therapy to help people. I think I will make an international connection because this help of therapy is a program that is provided all over the world. I plan to share my knowledge and experiences in the Doors to Diplomacy website program. ======

**Essential questions:#** What are some of the medical and health concerns in your country?
 * 1) How can animals assist in these areas?

and how can this be best applied to human needs? 2. What kind of animals can provide animal assisted therapy? and which are the best for each service? 3. What is the difference between temperament and training? and how do expert trainers use them both to prepare service, therapy and companion animals? ||
 * 1. What is the difference between service, therapy, companion and social animals?

**December 17 Thesis **  Specific topic + Attitude/Angle/Argument = Thesis

What you plan to argue + How you plan to argue it = Thesis

Animals can help people with health concerns by 1, 2, 3. People can best use service therapy and companion animals by 1. selecting the right animal, 2. training them appropriately, and 3. placing them carefully with owners.

**January 4 Map** (a map which illustrates your topic)

**January 5 Works Cited** (at least two books, two database sources, two internet sources, one interview)

**January 7 Introduction** (50 -100 words) Hook: Story of a person helped by an animal/ Quotation/ statistic Intro: What is a therapy or companion animals? Who uses them? What kinds of animals serve? How many are there? Thesis People can best use service therapy and companion animals by 1. selecting the right animal, 2. training them appropriately, and 3. placing them carefully with owners.

**January 13 First supporting idea** (150-500 words) How do trainers select the right animals? Which animals make good companion/therapy animals? **January 18 Second supporting idea** (150-500 words) training animals

**January 21 Third supporting idea** (150-500 words) placing animals with owners

**January 25 Conclusion** (50-100 words) How can we do a better job?