Effectiveness of Animal Assisted Therapy on Children and Adolescents with Autism
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Autism, a pervasive developmental disorder encompasses a wide range of social,communication, sensory and cognitive deficits that are challenging to treat. Due to the lack of established standardizedformsoftreatment,adjunctformsoftherapyaretheprimarymethodsofmanagement. One such therapeutic processes is Animal Assisted Therapy, which has recently witnessed the growinginterestandaccumulationofstudiestoassessitsefficiency.Thecurrentstudyfocuseson „The effectiveness of Animal Assisted Therapyon Children and Adolescents with Autism‟. As an intervention technique, a qualitative approach was applied to establish the subjective experiences and changes gained by six participants in the study. A triangulation method was employed to collect data from the primary caregiver, animal assisted therapist and the school special educator, throughasemi-structuredinterviewandreviewofmedicalreports.Thematicanalysiswasapplied to analyze the data. The results indicate an improvement in the area of social and communication skills,amongstallthechildrenandadolescents.Otherbenefitssuchasbeingcalmandrelaxedwas observed during the therapy sessions. Hence, it can be suggested that future studies focus on individual skill enhancement and flexibility in the number of sessionsconducted.
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Priyanka MB
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