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Animal-Assisted Therapists

Document canine- and equine-assisted sessions without stepping out of the interaction. Medical Scribe drafts a structured session note — setting, activities, animal role, and client response — while you stay in the moment with both of them.

Sample note

What your notes will look like

A real example of the documentation Medical Scribe generates for animal-assisted therapists — ready before your patient leaves the room.

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Session Details

Session 6 of 12, 50 minutes, outdoor yard and adjacent office. Canine-assisted psychotherapy with therapy dog Maple (5yo golden retriever, registered therapy animal). Focus: anxiety management and verbal engagement.

Subjective

9M with generalized anxiety disorder and selective mutism in school settings. Mother reports he spoke to a classmate twice this week — first time this semester. Patient states he practiced 'square breathing with Maple in my head' before a spelling test.

Objective

  • Initiated interaction with Maple without prompting; gave verbal cues ('sit,' 'stay') at conversational volume
  • Demonstrated paced breathing while brushing Maple; self-corrected when rushing
  • Named feelings using feelings chart: 'nervous but excited'
  • No avoidance behaviors observed this session (two noted in session 5)

Assessment

Steady progress toward verbal engagement goals; anxiety-management skills beginning to generalize to school. Client uses Maple as a co-regulation anchor and is starting to transfer those skills to human interactions.

Plan

  • Continue weekly canine-assisted sessions
  • Introduce triadic activity with a peer at session 8
  • Home practice: square breathing twice daily
  • Coordinate with school counselor on classroom exposure steps; re-administer SCARED at session 9

Illustrative example. Every note is fully editable, and you control the format — SOAP, DAP, or your own custom template.

AAT documentation is more than a standard therapy note

You can't chart mid-interaction

The clinical moments — a client soothing an anxious dog, initiating touch, self-regulating — happen fast. Look down to write and you miss the exact thing you're supposed to be documenting.

Two subjects in every note

Each session note has to cover the client's goals and response and the animal's role, activities, and interactions — nearly twice the detail of a conventional therapy note.

Funders want goal-linked evidence

Insurers and referring providers expect AAT tied to measurable treatment goals, not described as enrichment. Vague notes undercut the clinical legitimacy of your work.

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Built-in templates

Note templates built for animal-assisted therapists

These aren't generic formats — they ship in the product today, structured around how you actually document.

Animal-Assisted Therapist's Note

Header Session Details Subjective Objective Assessment Plan

Mental Health Note

Psychotherapy Note

Presenting Problem Past Medical & Psychiatric History Social History Mental Status Examination Treatment Plan Risk Assessment

Plus 280+ templates across every specialty — or build your own in minutes.

A scribe that follows you into the yard

Animal-assisted sessions don’t happen at a desk, and your scribe shouldn’t either. Record from your phone or Apple Watch during in-person or telehealth sessions, and Medical Scribe drafts the note from the conversation — client goals, activities with the animal, and observed responses — ready to review before your next session starts.

From Session Details to Plan, in your format

The generated note follows the built-in Animal-Assisted Therapist’s Note template: Header, Session Details (duration, setting, therapy type), Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan. When your work calls for a fuller clinical record, the Psychotherapy Note adds Mental Status Examination and Risk Assessment sections — or build a custom format in minutes.

Evidence that AAT is treatment, not enrichment

Referrers and payers take animal-assisted therapy seriously when the notes do. Medical Scribe documents only what was said and observed — target behaviors, measurable responses, goal progress — and never invents findings, so every session note reads as the structured clinical intervention it actually was.

Frequently asked questions

Does the note capture the animal's role, or just the client?

Both. The built-in Animal-Assisted Therapist's Note template has Session Details and Objective sections that document the therapy type, setting, activities, and client–animal interactions alongside your clinical observations — populated only from what actually happened in the session.

My sessions happen in yards, barns, and arenas — will recording work?

Yes. Medical Scribe runs on iOS, Android, and Apple Watch, so you can record from a phone in your pocket or a watch on your wrist with no desk in sight, then review and sign the note later on Web or Mac.

Is recording an AAT session HIPAA compliant?

Yes — your clients are human patients, so HIPAA applies and Medical Scribe meets it, with encryption in transit and at rest. Clients consent to recording just as they would with any scribe.

Can the notes support insurance and referral reporting?

Notes capture goal-linked observations — target behaviors, client responses, progress markers — as they're discussed in session. If you also do conventional clinical work, the Psychotherapy Note and Mental Health Note templates cover MSE and risk assessment. You review and sign everything before it goes in the chart.

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