process where the therapist conducts the therapy session using the dog as a modality to facilitate the development of skills need by the child to achive independent functioning in the areas of self-help, play and learning. As a child learns or relearns daily tasks as grooming, a therapy dog can become part of the learning process., protsess, mille käigus terapeut kaasab sekkumistes koera, arendamaks kliendi iseseisvaks funktsioneerimiseks vajalikke enesehoolitsuse-, õpi- ja mänguoskusi