Document Type : Original Article
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1 Master of Clinical Psychology, Tehran, Iran
2 University of Isfahan, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Kashan, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Autism is a neurodevelopmental change whose main characteristics are lack of speech, reduction and reduction of social activities. In this regard, the present study aimed to improve the verbal symptoms of children with autism using animal assisted therapy and to partially examine this therapeutic method for improving the speech of children with autism in Tehran. The present intervention was set up as an individual case. The participant in the study was selected using a random sampling method from among children with autism disorders. The participant was assessed during 5 sessions using the Grass Autism Diagnosis Letter (2) by Gilliam (1995). Then, the intervention using an animal (rabbit) was carried out individually in 15 sessions and was followed up again in 5 sessions. The results showed that through visual analysis, graphs, descriptive statistical data indicators and visual analysis, the desired model was effective in improving the speech of children with autism disorders. The results of the present study show that animal assisted therapy for children with autism improves their verbal symptoms. Therefore, animal assisted therapy can be used as a therapeutic method to improve the speech of children with autism..
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