Psycho-educational horseback riding to facilitate communication ability of children with pervasive developmental disorders

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 79-88

  Keino, Hiromi ^a   Funahashi, Atsushi ^a   Keino, Hiroomi ^b   Miwa, Chihiro ^c   Hosokawa, Masanori ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^d   Kawakita, Kenji ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b Riding Club for Handicapped Children ^*

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal assisted therapy; Autism; Empathy; Horseback riding for handicapped

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 75849122514     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.20.79     Document Type: Article

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