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Methodological Development of the Assessment Procedure and of the Course Design «Adaptive Swimming with Dolphins». The Impact on Children with ASD.

Аутизм и нарушение развития, 2021
Nowadays dolphin-assisted therapy is a method of animal-assisted therapy without a standardized form of conduction and effectiveness assessment.
A.A. Zykov, A.E. Vasilyeva, E.Y. Davydova   +2 more
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Animal Assisted Therapy is an effort to reduce symptoms of violent behavior in patients with mental disorders

South East Asia Nursing Research, 2023
Violent behavior is a situation in which a person performs an action that can physically harm himself, others, and the environment. The risk of violent behavior is an angry response that is expressed by making threats or injuring oneself or others ...
Tati Nurbiyati, Pawestri Pawestri, Lily Kusuma Dewi, Arum Lia Arivani, Eugene Indira   +4 more
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Current Standards and Practices Within the Therapy Dog Industry: Results of a Representative Survey of United States Therapy Dog Organizations

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Organizations that deliver animal-assisted interventions (AAIs), as well as those that train, evaluate, and register therapy dogs, have proliferated in recent decades in the United States (U.S.).
James A. Serpell, Katherine A. Kruger, Lisa M. Freeman, James A. Griffin, Zenithson Y. Ng   +4 more
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Working like a Dog: Exploring the Role of a Therapy Dog in Clinical Exercise Physiology Practice

Animals, 2022
Therapy animals in clinical settings are purported to reduce patients’ anxiety, decrease agitated behaviour, serve as social mediators, enhance the social atmosphere, and increase patients’ openness towards practitioners.
Melainie Cameron, Emily Hewitt, Elizabeth Hollitt, Jacqueline Wood, Samantha Brown   +4 more
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Risks and benefits of animal-assisted interventions for critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care, 2023
Background Pets offer significant health benefits, from decreased cardiovascular risks to anxiety and post-traumatic stress improvements. Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) are not frequently practiced in the intensive care unit (ICU) for fear of health
Marco Fiore, Andrea Cortegiani, Giansaverio Friolo, Francesca Frigieri Covani, Luigi Cardia, Fausto Ferraro, Daniela Alampi   +6 more
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Effect of Animal Assisted Interventions on Inmates: A Systematic Review

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2022
This study aims to examine animal-assisted interventions used in penitentiary institutions and to examine the effects of these interventions on prisoners.
Zehra Su Topbaş, Nuray Şimşek
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A Review of Studies Conducted with Animal Assisted Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2021
The aim of this study is to examine the studies’ effects of the practices offered through animal assisted interventions to children with autism spectrum disorder between 2000 and 2019 in terms of demographic, methodological and results variables. In this
Damla Çetin, Selmin Çuhadar
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Recommendations for uniform terminology in animal-assisted services (AAS)

Human-Animal Interactions
Through the years, the range of services involving animals benefiting people, often described as “animal-assisted interventions” (AAIs), has been plagued with confusing and inconsistent taxonomy, terminology, and definitions. This has caused difficulties
Amy Johnson Binder, Nancy Parish-Plass, Meg Kirby, Melissa Winkle, Daniela Plesa Skwerer, Laura Ackerman, Cindy Brosig, Wendy Coombe, Esther Delisle, Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers, Jo-Ann Fowler, Laura Hey, Tiffani Howell, Michael Kaufmann, Mariana Kienast, Miyako Kinoshita, Debbie Ngai, Brigitte Wijnen   +17 more
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Therapeutic Role of Animals: A Comprehensive Literature Review on the Prevalent Forms and Species in Animal-Assisted Interventions

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Animals have been valued and used to improve human physical and mental health since ancient times. Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary approach to traditional medicine, involving trained animals.
Dorota Szewczyk, Jakub Fiega, Milena Michalska, Urszula Żurek, Zuzanna Lubaszka, Ewa Sikorska   +5 more
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Post-operative benefits of animal-assisted therapy in pediatric surgery: a randomised study.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundInterest in animal-assisted therapy has been fuelled by studies supporting the many health benefits. The purpose of this study was to better understand the impact of an animal-assisted therapy program on children response to stress and pain in ...
Valeria Calcaterra, Valeria Calcaterra, Pierangelo Veggiotti, Clara Palestrini, Valentina De Giorgis, Roberto Raschetti, Massimiliano Tumminelli, Simonetta Mencherini, Francesca Papotti, Catherine Klersy, Riccardo Albertini, Selene Ostuni, Gloria Pelizzo   +12 more
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