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Dolphin-Assisted Therapy for Children with Special Needs: A Pilot Study
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Dilts, Rachel; Trompisch, Norbert; Bergquist, Timothy M. – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2011
Dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT), as a part of animal-assisted therapy and complementary and alternative medicine, yields several positive results. This study intended to add to DAT effectiveness research while using a standardized assessment. In the Ukraine, a DAT program called DolphinSwim agreed to take part in research with 37 voluntary…
Descriptors: Animals, Rating Scales, Parents, Foreign Countries
Anger Management Using a Cognitive-Behavioural Approach for Children with Special Education Needs: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
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Ho, Betty P. V.; Carter, Mark; Stephenson, Jennifer – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2010
This review examines the use of a cognitive-behavioural approach to anger management in children with special needs in community settings. Eighteen experimental studies involving a total of 408 children were located. The participants were mainly of high school age, with an IQ above 80, and with behavioural or emotional disorders. A moderate effect…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Emotional Disturbances, Special Needs Students, Psychological Patterns
The Token Economy for Children with Intellectual Disability and/or Autism: A Review
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Matson, Johnny L.; Boisjoli, Jessica A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
One of the most important technologies of behavior modifiers and applied behavior analysts over the last 40 years has been the token economy. These procedures are useful in that they help provide a structured therapeutic environment, and mimic other naturally occurring reinforcement systems such as the use of money. Token economies, at least from…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Token Economy, Therapeutic Environment
Considering Homeschooling Your Child on the Autism Spectrum? Some Helpful Hints and Suggestions for Parents
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Hurlbutt, Karen – Exceptional Parent, 2010
With the increase in the numbers of diagnosed children on the autism spectrum, schools are being challenged to provide proper educational services for these children. In Educating Children with Autism, the National Research Council recommended that educational programs for students with autism include three basic components. These are direct…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Autism, School Choice, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools: Enabling Creativity, Sociability, Communication and Learning
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Leigh, Lauraine, Ed.; Gersch, Irvine, Ed.; Dix, Ann, Ed.; Haythorne, Deborah, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools" is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced dramatherapists, educational psychologists and childhood experts discuss the benefits to the children and young people, and also in relation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Needs, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
Intervention for Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Treatment Approaches and Case Management
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Paley, Blair; O'Connor, Mary J. – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2009
Exposure to alcohol in utero is considered to be the leading cause of developmental disabilities of known etiology. The most severe consequence of such exposure, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), is characterized by a distinct constellation of characteristic facial anomalies, growth retardation, and central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction. Some…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Etiology, Anatomy