Since therapeutic decisions may be based partly on the AAT sessions, consistency is important. After the therapy session is complete, volunteers and therapeutic staff meet to evaluate the interactions. Each person contributes their observations and assessments of each session. The therapeutic staff then notes the client's progress toward the predetermined goal in the health care or therapy record. In addition to specific therapy applications, Pets and People felines and their human partners do visitation and education programs.
Some common examples are senior citizen centers, schools, nursing homes, and hospitals.
Visitation has no set treatment plan, is interactive in nature, and may or may not be documented. One aspect of Animal-assisted work that is rarely discussed is insurance. Often agencies will not ask about liability insurance. As a non-profit organization, Pets and People insures every member handler with a one million dollar liability insurance policy. Important is that if someone happens to be injured, or property damaged in the course of a visit, the human volunteer has some liability protection.