Chimo Animal Assisted Wellness And Learning Society - Caawls

CAAWLS promotes and implements Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI) in the Edmonton and area community, and uses AAI as a medium for wellness and education.

Chimo Animal Assisted Wellness and Learning Society (CAAWLS) is an innovative not-for-profit initiative that assists in the development, planning, and implementation of AAT at a wide variety of facilities.

Many individuals have seen the benefits of Animal-Assisted Therapy when a motivated therapist brings their own animal in to help their clients. At CAAWLS, we strive to bring those same benefits to all clients. We train all interested therapists and employ means of finding suitable animals to work with them, such as certified volunteer animals.

At CAAWLS we:

Recruit and certify therapy animals including dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, and mini-horses
Recruit and train volunteers with qualified animals
Train a wide variety of therapists to use animals to help their clients
Facilitate ongoing Animal Assisted Therapy programs in our community
Provide services to assist new facilities in creating and sustaining their own Animal-Assisted Therapy programs

OUR MISSION

Animals Helping People Heal
CAAWLS; mission is to develop and make available effective animal assisted therapeutic services to health and social services providers. CAAWLS supports effective animal-assisted therapy (AAT) through program development, education and research evaluation.

OUR VISION

CAAWLS' vision is to be the service provider of choice for animal-assisted therapeutic services in Alberta and recognized as the leading research, education and support resource in animal-assisted therapy in Alberta.