Business Description:At Animal Angels Foundation we practice animal-assisted therapy (AAT) to treat children, adults and senior citizens with developmental disorders, psychiatric disorders, physical disabilities, physical illnesses and behavioural/emotional problems. In AAT our trained therapy animals work with human therapists to speed up the recovery process and to help a child or an adult learn or improve various skills. This includes social skills, verbal skills, physical skills and cognitive skills. We also use AAT to help clients deal with emotional/behavioural problems.
AAT is always used in conjunction with other therapies. In AAT, a professional as part of his/her own speciality uses the animal to help the client. We as clinical psychologists, use the therapy animal in the context of play therapy, behavior therapy, cognitive therapy etc.
Our therapy pets are specially chosen because they enjoy interacting with various kinds of populations. They all have good temperaments, friendly and outgoing personalities and are physically fit. They must pass a test to get registered with us.
We have a tailor-made program for each client and the whole process is documented and evaluated. The main advantage about AAT is that it can be integrated into individual or group therapy with a wide range of age groups and persons with varying disabilities.
At Animal Angels Foundation each of our clients goes through a pre-therapy, mid-therapy and post-therapy evaluation. All therapy sessions are documented through quantitative and qualitative data as well as video recording is done of the first and last sessions to observe the improvement in the client.
Industry:Healthcare/ Pharma
Founded in:2005
Source of idea:
Significant Competitors:any other psychologist practicing therapy
Company Details :
Company Name:Animal Angels Foundation
HeadQuarters:Mumbai
Stage of the company:Several customers or locations
No of Employees (2006):0-5
No of Employees (2007):0-5
Office Locations(2006):2-5
Office Locations(2007):6-15
No of companies promoted:No
Profits (2006):breakeven
Profits (2007):breakeven
>Partnerships:
Initial Funding:Personal savings
Addl Funding:Angel investors
Institutitional Capital:No
Revneue Model:We charge a therapy fee for our services as clinical psychologists practicing animal-assisted therapy. We also get funding from angel investors.
Awards & honors:Shortlisted by Marico Innovation Foundation as one of the top twenty five innovations in India for the Innovation for India Awards 2007-2008
Promoters Details :
Promoters Name(s):Rohini Fernandes
Age:27
HomeTown:Mumbai
Education:Masters S.N.D.T University
No of companies promoted:No
Family Background:First gen entrepreneur
Job:NA at None
Ex-Job Description:NA
Favorite Book/Movie:'Dog Stories' James Herriot
