Kynotherapy project: form of intervention in the needs of special health
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction as well as by restricted patterns of behavior, interests, and activities. In kynotherapy, a dog it acts as a facilitator of the therapeutic process. This pilot...
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| description | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction as well as by restricted patterns of behavior, interests, and activities. In kynotherapy, a dog it acts as a facilitator of the therapeutic process. This pilot-project has as main objective to study the effectiveness of the kynotherapy in the improvement of the behaviors of self-regulation, communication and socialization of children with ASD, in a school context. Of the pilot project, 16 children with a diagnosis of ASD, were evaluated in a pre and post-intervention phase. In the control group the educational method of the Structured Teaching is the Treatment and Educacion of Autistic and Related Communications Handicapped Children (TEACH) model and in the experimental group the educational method is the same, however with there is the support of a dog during the 40 sessions, that have the duration of 30 minutes. In the experimental group, it is expected significant improvements in the measures of irritability and hyperactivity, as well as in the processes of socialization, social cognition and social communication. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50e679f6255d4f5dbcc5621ebd1e76862023-01-02T19:17:43ZengAsociación Nacional de Psicología Evolutiva y Educativa de la Infancia Adolescencia Mayores y DiscapacidadINFAD0214-98772603-59872020-06-0111374410.17060/ijodaep.2020.n1.v1.17591425Kynotherapy project: form of intervention in the needs of special healthCátia Rodrigues Mariano0Maria Emília Bigotte de Almeida1Psicóloga Clínica. CASPAEPresidente de direção, CASPAEAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and interaction as well as by restricted patterns of behavior, interests, and activities. In kynotherapy, a dog it acts as a facilitator of the therapeutic process. This pilot-project has as main objective to study the effectiveness of the kynotherapy in the improvement of the behaviors of self-regulation, communication and socialization of children with ASD, in a school context. Of the pilot project, 16 children with a diagnosis of ASD, were evaluated in a pre and post-intervention phase. In the control group the educational method of the Structured Teaching is the Treatment and Educacion of Autistic and Related Communications Handicapped Children (TEACH) model and in the experimental group the educational method is the same, however with there is the support of a dog during the 40 sessions, that have the duration of 30 minutes. In the experimental group, it is expected significant improvements in the measures of irritability and hyperactivity, as well as in the processes of socialization, social cognition and social communication.http://www.infad.eu/RevistaINFAD/OJS/index.php/IJODAEP/article/view/1759perturbação do espectro do autismocinoterapiacomunicaçãosocializaçãoautorregulação |
| spellingShingle | Cátia Rodrigues Mariano Maria Emília Bigotte de Almeida Kynotherapy project: form of intervention in the needs of special health INFAD perturbação do espectro do autismo cinoterapia comunicação socialização autorregulação |
| title | Kynotherapy project: form of intervention in the needs of special health |
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| title_short | Kynotherapy project: form of intervention in the needs of special health |
| title_sort | kynotherapy project form of intervention in the needs of special health |
| topic | perturbação do espectro do autismo cinoterapia comunicação socialização autorregulação |
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