Finding an ally: Can dogs help therapists promote communication in individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities?

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-3

  Lima, Mariely ^a   Silva, Karine ^a   Amaral, Isabel ^b   De Sousa, Liliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BOREDOM; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOG ASSISTED INTERVENTION; FRUSTRATION; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LETTER; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMALS; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISABLED PERSONS; DOGS; HUMANS;

EID: 84856291590     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0461     Document Type: Letter

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