Animal Assisted Therapy After Pediatric Brain Injury: Mediators and Moderators of Treatment Response.

Patients enrolled in the study will be randomly scheduled to have a dog be a part of their PT and OT sessions on two days (one in the first week and one in the second week) during their stay. On these days, the therapist will lead the therapy session and integrate the dog at whatever level is appropriate based on the patient's level of functioning and therapy goals.

treatment as usual as dictated by their treatment team