AAT Ethical Principles in AAT 2

Question 1

A client becomes overly attached to the therapy animal and asks to take the animal home overnight. What is the most ethical response?

Accepted Answer

Decline and redirect the attachment therapeutically

Answer

Allowing clients to take therapy animals home blurs professional boundaries and compromises the animal's welfare and structured role.

Question 2

Which principle requires AAT practitioners to only practice within their scope of competence?

Accepted Answer

Beneficence

Answer

Beneficence includes acting within one's competence to ensure interventions genuinely help clients.

Question 3

An AAT practitioner notices the therapy dog shows signs of stress mid-session. The ethically correct action is to:

Accepted Answer

Remove the animal immediately and address the client's needs otherwise

Answer

Animal welfare is a non-negotiable ethical obligation; a stressed animal must be removed from the session immediately.

Question 4

Informed consent in AAT must include disclosure of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Potential risks such as allergies, zoonotic disease, and animal unpredictability

Answer

Informed consent requires clients to understand all reasonably foreseeable risks associated with AAT, including health and safety considerations.

Question 5

A colleague shares client session notes in a group chat to get peer feedback. This action violates which ethical principle?

Accepted Answer

Confidentiality

Answer

Sharing identifiable client information without consent in unsecured channels violates confidentiality obligations.

(AAT) Certified Animal-Assisted Therapy Practice Test