Animals in our lives : human-animal interaction in family, community, and therapeutic settings /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McCardle, Peggy D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Paul H. Brooke, [2011]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Historical and cultural perspectives on human-pet interactions
  • Community benefits of human-animal interactions, the ripple effect
  • Animals and child health and development
  • Public health implications of pets : our own animals and those of others
  • Parents as armchair ethologists : decreasing the risks of child-dog interactions
  • Therapeutic human-animal interaction : an overview
  • Animals in the classroom
  • Animal-assisted interventions in child psychiatry
  • Equine-assisted activities and therapy for individuals with physical and developmental disabilities : an overview of research findings and the types of research currently being conducted
  • The roles that animals can play with individuals with autism
  • Research meets practice : issues for evidence-based training in human-animal interaction
  • Challenges to human-animal interaction research : methodological issues and barriers to sustainability
  • Scientific research on human-animal interaction : a framework for future studies