Exploring the impact of animal assisted therapy for preschool children with speech and language delay – A preliminary study

a Trobe University0 个研究点目标入组 6 人开始时间: 2018年11月5日最近更新: 2019年7月15日

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•Preschool age (no younger than 3 years) – this is the target age of study
•Diagnosis of speech and/or language delay – this is the target condition being treated
•English-speaking background

•Non-English-speaking background – this is to mitigate the influence of confounding variables given the nature of the condition being treated (English language)
•Global developmental delay/intellectual disability/other developmental disorder - There is currently only one published pilot study that has investigated AAT with children with language delay (Boyer & Mundschenk, 2016). Results from this study indicated that animal-assisted therapy produced best results when utilised with children with language delay without co-morbidities and was less effective with children also presenting with intellectual disability and Down syndrome.
•Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder - The premise for excluding children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities arose from a review of the literature. Much of the literature available on the use of animal-assisted therapy and communicative behaviours has been with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, for which several studies have found promising results. However, there is far less evidence available on the use of this treatment for children with language delay without other diagnoses
•Known allergies/fear of dogs – in order to protect participant welfare and wellbeing. This will be discussed with parents/caregivers to determine

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a Trobe University