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5/22/18 Board of Directors u Melissa Winkle AAII 2017! u Danny Vancoppernolle Vienna, Austria u Peter Gorbing u Jennifer Rogers u Elma Burg u Teo Mariscal Where we came from…….. 2010- ADI Toronto Early 2005-2008 u Group of assistance dog training u Informal meeting turned into a working organizations in Europe had begun group and conducted a survey to assess discussing facility dogs & the lack of capacity of AAI within ADI programs. appropriate standards to fit that work u Group of assistance dog training Organizations & AAI professionals had similar discussions (ADI) in US Results Professional Placement Types u Psychologists u Social Workers u 29 Questionnaires returned u Speech Therapists u Teachers u Neuropsychology u Religious u 17 Programs identified placing dogs with u Psychotherapist u Occupational Therapist healthcare, educational or other u Activities coordinator u Old Age Home professionals. u Director of Oncology- u Courthouse Children’s Hospital u More than 50% of programs were training u Mental Hospital u Physicians u Physical Therapist and placing for AAI u Educators u Courthouse dogs u Counselors 1

5/22/18 Community Based Programs: Informal Discussion Group u Veterans programs u Autism Centers u Only 4 out of 17 people actually knew u Occupational and u Youth at risk what a session/classroom/environment speech therapy clinic u Assisted living Community Centers and activities looked like u PR/ educational events u Reading in public u 10 of 17 said that dogs placed in these u After-school programs schools/libraries settings were “released” from program u Military base u Developmental Disabilities u Puppy raisers who are also u 8 of 17 stated they gave handler less than professionals u Prisons placement training standards since they were released dogs Mismatch between dog training, European placement, & the standards did not group ADI AAI quite fit these types of placement working group ADEu Began International Communications à Working Group………cast of characters……. Lucija Peter Graham Sven Similar ¡structure ¡and ¡functions Elma Model ¡collaboration ¡– people ¡who ¡work ¡ with ¡people ¡with ¡disabilities ¡and ¡dog ¡ trainers ¡who ¡train ¡dogs ¡for ¡people ¡with ¡ Melissa Teo disabilities Chicken Jennifer Camp Skills 2

5/22/18 Evolution u 2011 Skype meetings, then Netherlands with group who had similar interests u 2012 AAII pledged publicly at ADI Barcelona conference that within the year, AAI would be a legitimate organization u 2013 AAII was officially launched at ADEu conference Denver Conference 2014 Inaugural Conference in Spa, Belgium 2013 u > 70 people in attendance u Over 60 people in attendance u Variety of speakers u Continued work to fine tune standards u Working groups developed (AAA, AAT , AAE, AS) Other Happenings: u Created Infrastructure u Liason with other organizations u Habri, IAHAIO, University Affiliations u 40 member organizations 2015 Development Meeting AAI, the final frontier…..join the Zagreb, Croatia May 2015 voyagers of the starship AAII….. • Accreditation Groups • Witch Hunt & Great Networking Other Happenings: • Collaboration with Pet Partners • Lost Graham Ford 3

5/22/18 Attendees Topics for 2017 u Flash introductions for each organization (2-3 minutes per organization) u Panel: Promoting the Concept of AAI Around the World u AAII 17 u Accreditation Manual Update u Lunch u Working Groups u ADEu & AAII 29 u Refining Accreditation Process u Process/Guidelines for Evaluating Dogs u Total of 46 u Processes/Guidelines for Evaluating Practitioners, Trainers, Handlers u Member Application Renovation u AAII General Assembly u Informal Meet Up & Beverages Tomorrow: 2018 AAII Conference u Working Groups Continuation u Feedback from Groups u Panel: Measuring Outcomes- Can we Find Common Measures to Strengthen AAI? United States u Visionary Meeting: Future Action Plan for AAII Joint Session with ADEu!! Welcome! u Factors Affecting Stress Coping in Owner-Dog Dyads u The CEN Technical Committee on Assistance Dog and Guide Dog Teams Standards u Panel: Promoting the Concept of Standards Based Work u Conference Dinner Welcome, New Members! THANK YOU, u Os’Mose for your membership and support! u Centre Silver u All other new members who could not be here, today! 4

5/22/18 Meet AAII Members u ONE person from each organization u Name u Where you are from u What you do (AAA, AAE, AAT , AS) u Details 5