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Schnabel, Alexandra; Youssef, George J.; Hallford, David J.; Hartley, Eliza J.; McGillivray, Jane A.; Stewart, Michelle; Forbes, David; Austin, David W. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder appear to experience high levels of psychological distress, yet little is known about the prevalence of psychological disorders in this population. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimate the proportion of these parents who experience clinically significant…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Psychological Patterns
Nikolskaya, Anastasia V. – Online Submission, 2012
Positive and negative aspects of animal therapy using are discussed. Research of 30 case studies is displayed that pet therapy is a good therapeutic tool in approximately 60% of cases. To diagnose possible problems in families which have got a dog as a "therapist" for the child suffering from some or other form of dysontogenesis, the…
Descriptors: Animals, Therapy, Children, Mental Retardation
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Wolff, Sula; Barlow, Anne – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1979
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Autism, Behavior Development, Children
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Shackel, Denis S. J. – 1970
Social inadequacy and lack of social cooperation is one of the defining characteristics of mental deficiency, yet there have been comparatively few investigations into how such children respond to each other. Of even greater significance is the finding that among the reported studies investigating social cooperation between mentally deficient…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Autism, Behavior Problems, Children