Brief Report: Do Service Dog Providers Placing Dogs with Children with Developmental Disabilities Use Outcome Measures and, If So, What Are they?
The aim of this study was to identify the outcomes expected and assessed by those providing service dogs to children with developmental disabilities. Seventeen registered service dog providers were invited to complete a mixed methods online survey. Five providers, who prepared dogs to work with a wi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 43; no. 11; pp. 2720 - 2726 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104145171&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104145171 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01623257 AUT jtl: Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders issn: 01623257 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2013 vid: 43 iid: 11 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104145171 90672356 10.1007/s10803-013-1803-1 NLM23479076 104145171 ppf: 2720 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Brief Report: Do Service Dog Providers Placing Dogs with Children with Developmental Disabilities Use Outcome Measures and, If So, What Are they? aug: au: Butterly, Felicity Percy, Carol Ward, Gillian affil: Occupational Therapy and Psychology Departments, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Priory Street Coventry CV1 5FB UK sug: subj: Child Development Disorders Rehabilitation Service Animals Treatment Outcomes Evaluation Autism Spectrum Disorder Rehabilitation Human Child Dogs Surveys Multimethod Studies Self Report Purposive Sample Descriptive Statistics Questionnaires Child: 6-12 years ab: The aim of this study was to identify the outcomes expected and assessed by those providing service dogs to children with developmental disabilities. Seventeen registered service dog providers were invited to complete a mixed methods online survey. Five providers, who prepared dogs to work with a wide range of conditions and behaviours, mainly Asperger's syndrome, autism and communication disorders, completed the survey. All five participants reported that they expected to see positive changes as a consequence of the service dog placement, in both the recipient child and their family, including improvements in attention span and language skills, as well as increased familial cohesion. Survey responses indicated that not all desired outcomes were routinely assessed. The range of assessments used were interviews, intake conversations, pre-placement questionnaires, child social dairies filled in by parents, follow up surveys after placement, and child observation by parents. No specifically named valid and reliable clinical or research measures were referred to, showing an emphasis on assessments from parents and service dog providers. It is not clear whether pre-intervention assessments are repeated systematically at follow-up, which could show robust intervention effects. There is scope for professionals in developmental disability to work with service dog providers to improve the evidence base in this field. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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