HHRF Webinar -Applying for an HHRF Grant- the Vital Steps to Success with Dr. Clare Thomas-Pino
February 16, 2022 @ 11:00AM — 12:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
This talk will be approached from the perspective of someone who has been reviewing grant applications for HHRF since its inception and will cover the fundamental items that must be included in an HHRF grant application to prevent your application from being rejected, and increase the potential you will be considered for funding. It will also include vital aspects of the HHRF Equine Well-Being Guidelines For Humans From The Horse's Perspective, to ensure highest regard is shown to the animals we work with in Equine Assisted Services (EAS) in your applications and research.
Dr. Clare Thomas-Pino started her academic career in the UK, with an undergraduate degree (BSc (Hons) in Psychology with Animal Behaviour, with master’s study and research in Developmental, Social and Health Psychology. She returned to the US to work on an Interdisciplinary PhD, with a foundation in Counselor Education, and looked at nature based and animal assisted activities and therapies and anthrozoology (her thesis looked at equine human interactions). She has been working in nature based and animal-assisted activities and therapies for the last 18 years, from the educational, mental health, and research perspectives, but have been interested in them since she was in her teens (when they were not widely recognized).
Since its inception, she has been a grant reviewer and member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for HHRF a funding body that provides grants for Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies. She was on the Board of Directors for EFMHA (the mental health and education wing of NARHA- now PATH International), and headed the research committees, completing 2 annotated bibliographies on EAAT (Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies).
Clare has worked with animals, particularly horses, for most of her life, developing and teaching courses at UMaine (Orono) for the past 15 years in the Animal Science and Counselor Education programs. She has also taught in Rehabilitation Services at UMF courses such as Introduction to Disability, Counseling and the Helping Relationship, and Animal Assisted Therapies. Currently, She is teaching at Husson University in the Psychology and Counselor Education programs, with undergraduate courses in Mind-Body Connection, Lifespan Developmental Psychology, and Ethics and Professionalism as well as graduate courses in Animal Assisted Interventions, and Green Care. She has also developed and am teaching a graduate course in Equine Nutrition for Unity College’s distance education program. She has completed extensive research on a small scale with my students on several topics related to Animal Behavior, Anthrozoology and Animal Assisted Activities and Therapies.
In addition to the above, Clare also developed and teaches graduate courses for USM online in Green Care, Anthrozoology/Animal Assisted Interventions, and Equine Assisted Interventions. For the past couple of decades, she has run diversified farms farm with many animals of different species.
Currently, Clare in the process of moving back to the UK to take up a position as a Lecturer in Human-Animal Interactions at Hartpury University, where she’ll be able to focus further on the impacts of HAI on both humans and most importantly to her, the animals who we spend our time and presence with. She is passionate about teaching & learning, & her motto in life- is ‘Knowledge is only useful if it is shared.”
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Topic: HHRFFebruary Webinarwith Clare Thomas-Pino
Time: Feb 16, 2022 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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