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O'Haire, Marguerite E. – Applied Developmental Science, 2017
Including animals in autism intervention is growing in both research and practice. A systematic literature review was conducted to collate and synthesize all empirical research on animal-assisted intervention (AAI) for autism published from 2012 to 2015. Findings from 28 included studies revealed that AAI programs generally include one animal per…
Descriptors: Animals, Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Sigelman, Carol K. – Applied Developmental Science, 2014
Guided by a naïve theories perspective on the development of thinking about disease, this study of 188 children aged 6 to 18 examined knowledge of HIV/AIDS causality and prevention using parallel measures derived from open-ended and structured interviews. Knowledge of both risk factors and prevention rules, as well as conceptual understanding of…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Prevention, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Communicable Diseases