Effects of a therapeutic riding program on at-risk and special education children

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-52

  Kaiser, Lana ^a,b   Smith, Katharine Ann ^a   Heleski, Camie R ^a   Spence, Linda J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOTOR COORDINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; MOTHERS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RECREATION; SELF EFFICACY; SPORTS;

EID: 29844452621     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.1.46     Document Type: Article

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