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Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
Erschienen in: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 4/2014

01.12.2014 | Original Paper

Pilot Study Investigating the Role of Therapy Dogs in Facilitating Social Interaction among Children with Autism

verfasst von: Suk-chun Fung, Alvin Seung-ming Leung

Erschienen in: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy | Ausgabe 4/2014

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Abstract

Ten children with autism, aged 7–10, attended 14 individual sessions of social interaction therapy. A group-comparison design was adopted. Comparing two interventions, matching and random assignment were used to form the experimental group (Animal-Assisted Play Therapy with a therapy dog) and the comparison group (an identical play therapy procedure using a doll as the dog surrogate). The within-group results using nonparametric tests showed that verbal social behavior increased significantly in the experimental group. Although the magnitude of this increase was not significantly larger than that in the comparison group, the preliminary findings suggested that the therapy dog had a positive impact on language output. The results are discussed in terms of the role that a therapy dog can fulfill as a “Speech Elicitor” for children with autism.
Fußnoten
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Pervasive developmental disorders are no longer a current diagnosis under the DSM-V.
 
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This study was conducted before the publication of the DSM-V (American Psychiatric Association 2013), and it should be noted that the system for classifying children with autism changed considerably from the 4th to 5th edition of the DSM.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Pilot Study Investigating the Role of Therapy Dogs in Facilitating Social Interaction among Children with Autism
verfasst von
Suk-chun Fung
Alvin Seung-ming Leung
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2014
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy / Ausgabe 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0022-0116
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3564
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-014-9274-z

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