The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990 by President Bush. Although the ADA includes laws about public access rights for people with disabilities and their service animals, many schools are reluctant to have service animals (that are partnered with children with disabilities) included in early childhood classrooms. Teachers that have had experience with working animals in their elementary classrooms have reported many benefits, not only for the student with a disability, but for the other students in the classroom as well. Research on dogs in classrooms has shown potential social, behavioral, and academic improvements in students. However, many parents of children with service animals have reported facing signi...
As the academic and social-emotional needs of students in schools continue to increase, so too does ...
Here we describe a pilot Dog-Assisted Activity program that was designed to improve wellbeing and so...
Abstract Young children are intrinsically fascinated with animals from an early age and the role of...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990 by President Bush. Although th...
This Article focuses on the issue of whether a child with a disability has the legal right to attend...
Animal-human interactions have been found to have positive influences on children across the world. ...
In the United States, children with disabilities are afforded protections in three federal statutes:...
This paper explores the idea of incorporating the use of animal-assisted therapy in special educatio...
The introduction of animals into school classrooms has been posited as a beneficial intervention for...
The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of an animal on normally developing childr...
This is a manual and curriculum for using service dogs in the classroom as a catalyst for improving ...
New, Wilson and Netting's 1986 research demonstrated that domestic animals are an integral component...
Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study is to determine and describe the academic and so...
As many are aware, there is growing interest in the potential benefits of dogs working with pupils i...
Research findings on the presence of a therapy dog in the classroom are summarized. The authors revi...
As the academic and social-emotional needs of students in schools continue to increase, so too does ...
Here we describe a pilot Dog-Assisted Activity program that was designed to improve wellbeing and so...
Abstract Young children are intrinsically fascinated with animals from an early age and the role of...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990 by President Bush. Although th...
This Article focuses on the issue of whether a child with a disability has the legal right to attend...
Animal-human interactions have been found to have positive influences on children across the world. ...
In the United States, children with disabilities are afforded protections in three federal statutes:...
This paper explores the idea of incorporating the use of animal-assisted therapy in special educatio...
The introduction of animals into school classrooms has been posited as a beneficial intervention for...
The purpose of this research was to examine the influence of an animal on normally developing childr...
This is a manual and curriculum for using service dogs in the classroom as a catalyst for improving ...
New, Wilson and Netting's 1986 research demonstrated that domestic animals are an integral component...
Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study is to determine and describe the academic and so...
As many are aware, there is growing interest in the potential benefits of dogs working with pupils i...
Research findings on the presence of a therapy dog in the classroom are summarized. The authors revi...
As the academic and social-emotional needs of students in schools continue to increase, so too does ...
Here we describe a pilot Dog-Assisted Activity program that was designed to improve wellbeing and so...
Abstract Young children are intrinsically fascinated with animals from an early age and the role of...