Animal-assisted activity improves social behaviors in psychiatrically hospitalized youth with autism.
There is preliminary research suggesting that animal-assisted activities can improve social interactions of children with autism spectrum disorder. This pilot study sought to investigate the benefits of animal-assisted activities with dogs and psychiatrically hospitalized youth with autism spectrum...
| Publicado en: | Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice Vol. 23; no. 7; pp. 1740 - 1752 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2019
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