Therapy dogs can improve the social and mental health outcomes for children and
adolescents. School-based interventions that address social and emotional learning (SEL) …

This chapter highlights the main findings and evidential challenges in the three main areas
that may be of particular interest to those working in schools, namely, reading with dogs …

In their quest to provide a wholistic education, schools are providing more in-house source
services to students. Specifically, schools are responding to the aftermath of childhood …

This study explores the experiences and perspectives of practitioners involved in Animal-
Assisted Treatment (AATx) for youth facing mental health challenges. With rising rates of …

Introduction: Autistic individuals utilize camouflaging strategies to appear non-autistic.
Autistic adults experience high rates of mental health concerns, and for various reasons …

The investigation aimed at an IoT-based social hybrid scenario model for the promotion of
psychological and physical well-being amongst older adults. Owing to the ever-increasing …

With ADHD on the rise, there is a plethora of research emerging on the lived experience of
ADHD. The majority however, of this literature takes a third-person perspective or is cast …

Green Care on enenevissä määrin pinnalla oleva käsite niin yleisessä keskustelussa sekä
sosiaalipalveluissa. Luonnon tärkeyttä ja merkitystä ihmisen hyvinvoinnille korostetaan ja …

Children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) face various disadvantages in their
lives. Some of those are restrictions in participation and social participation. Animal assisted …

Koira-avusteista toimintaa on Suomessa hyvin monenlaista. Esimerkiksi
lastensuojeluyksiköissä tai rippileirillä vieraileva koira lisää vuorovaikutusta nuoren ja …