Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Animal Assisted Therapy"”.
-
Exploring Animal-Assisted Therapy as a Reading Intervention Strategy
<p>This study is an examination of animal-assisted therapy in an attempt to explore the ways it may serve as reading intervention program for struggling readers. Due to the low rate of literacy in the U.S., children are often put into reading intervention programs where they are required to read to …
-
Exploring Animal-Assisted Therapy as a Reading Intervention Strategy
<p>This study is an examination of animal-assisted therapy in an attempt to explore the ways it may serve as reading intervention program for struggling readers. Due to the low rate of literacy in the U.S., children are often put into reading intervention programs where they are required to read to …
-
Engagement during animal-assisted therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) has acquired a strong gathering of anecdotal evidence, but is presently limited in empirical validation as an effective intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Further, the heterogeneity of symptom patterns inherently present in the ASD …
-
The role of animal-assisted therapy in initial psychotherapy sessions with adolescents
1 PDF file (vii, 88 pages)
-
Tails as Teachers: Animal-Assisted Therapy and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… of past research that highlights the benefits of animal- assisted therapy with a variety of populations, such as the institutionalized, the developmentally disabled and geriatric populations, this study investigated the potential benefits of animal-assisted therapy for a child with a diagnosis of …
-
Matching system for Animal-assisted therapy based on the Levenshtein and Gale-Shapley algorithms
… have been validated by experts in the field of animal and person psychology. Because the Gale-Shapley algorithm needs a preference array between the parts involved and due that an animal cannot establish this set of preferences, we aimed to use a string similarity-based algorithm for obtaining …
-
Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) as an Adjunctive Treatment for Eating Disorders: Exploration of AAT through the lens of Attachment and Affect Regulation
… affect regulation, eating disorders and Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT), a connection that has not previously been examined. The conceptual lenses for this research identified eating disorders as one of many possible examples of difficulties in regulatory functioning and attachment. The …
-
Animal assisted interventions for people who stutter : a clinical guide
The emerging field of animal assisted therapy has many potentially beneficial applications. The use of animal assisted therapy with persons who stutter has been discussed in several public forums but has not currently been investigated through empirical research. The following report will explore …
-
Use of Live and Robotic Assistance Animals for Psychological and Cognitive Health in Military Populations
… review addresses the use of live and robotic animal-assisted therapy for psychological and cognitive health in military populations. More specifically, this literature review aims to address the benefits and limitations of the use of live animal-assisted therapy, complementary and alternative …
-
Effects of a Trained Therapy Dog in Child-Centered Play Therapy on Children's Biobehavioral Measures of Anxiety
… whether combining two effective modalities, play therapy and animal-assisted therapy, would be effective in decreasing children's biobehavioral measurements of anxiety. Specifically, this study examined the effects of the presence of a trained therapy dog during one individual 30-minute play …
-
Individualized Instruction Strategies in Mainstream Classrooms: Including Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
… <p>Strategies addressed in this review include animal assisted therapy, antecedent, peer mediated, and self-management approaches. These strategies have been shown to improve social and/or academic abilities for students diagnosed with autism. This review of the literature provides a collective …
-
Η Θεραπευτική Σχέση Ανθρώπου και Αλόγου Χωρίς την Συμπερίληψη Ιππασίας: Ηθικές Διαστάσεις, Ευζωία και Θεραπευτικό Όφελος
Η θεραπεία με την βοήθεια του αλόγου (Equine Assisted Therapy) είναι ένα πεδίο στις παρεμβάσεις με τη συμμετοχή ζώων (Animal Assisted Therapy) η οποία αναπτύσσεται όλο και περισσότερο. Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία θα εξετάσει κυρίως τη θεραπεία με άλογο χωρίς ανάβαση (Ground Based Equine Assisted …
-
Non-Traditional Therapeutic Interventions for At-Risk Youth & Students with Complex Support Needs: Equine Therapy
… such as various experiential therapies, animal-assisted therapy, expressive therapies, wilderness therapy, and adventure-based therapy (Suarez, 2005). For the purpose of this dissertation, the researcher will explore the non-traditional therapeutic intervention of equine therapy and its …
-
A human-animal intervention team model in an alternative middle/high school
The therapeutic impact of the human-animal bond with at-risk youth attending two alternative public school secondary campuses was evaluated during school year 2002- 2003. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of animal-assisted therapy or AAT in enhancing secondary-aged youth's …
-
What are the factors that create a positive dental experience for children?
… noise in the dental operatory and animal-assisted therapy. The search yielded one hundred and eighty-three studies, of which eleven were considered eligible based on a comprehensive evaluation of these studies based on specific inclusion/exclusion criteria. The included studies …
-
Alleviating Equines: Investigating the Hypothesized Mechanisms of Change in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
<p>Animal Assisted Therapy research was integrated to develop the Tri-Level Mechanisms of Change (TLMC) Conceptualization, which is a comprehensive theoretical framework hypothesizing how Equine Assisted Psychotherapy produces psychological change. TLMC hypothesizes that the strength of human …
-
Možnosti využití přírody v podpoře duševního zdraví
… of nature-based interventions, including animal-assisted therapy and horticultural therapy, within the context of social work. The practical part is based on qualitative research conducted through semi-structured interviews with seniors living in a residential care facility. The collected …
-
The Use of Animal-Assisted Interventions to Treat Child Victims of Sexual Abuse
… Boris Levinson began incorporating his dog into therapy sessions with his child clients. He noticed that incorporation of dogs into psychotherapeutic treatment encouraged communication in withdrawn children and published his results in 1969, initiating a widespread interest in animal-assisted …
-
Understanding of therapists’ experiences and perceptions of equine facilitated psychotherapy, an interpretative phenomenological study
Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) is a form of animal-assisted therapy that seeks to address mental health issues. Previous works have been centered on what the clients experience, this interpretative phenomenological analysis study focuses on the lived experiences of six EFP therapists. It …
-
Connections: interventions to promote socialization and engagement among people with dementia
… identified in the literature include music therapy, animal-assisted therapy, massage, activities-based interventions, behavioral management and combination therapies incorporating two or more of these interventions. Incorporating these effective interventions, a new program, Connections, was …
Page 1 of 2