The Effect of Animal-Assisted Group Therapy on Social Skills of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Main Authors: YEH, MENG-CHUAN, 葉孟娟
• Other Authors: LIANG,PEI-YUNG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15251378805730697065

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 心理與諮商學系碩士班 === 105 === The Effect of Animal-Assisted Group Therapy on Social Skills of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Abstract The purpose for this study is to investigate the effect on social skills on research participants during, and after the treatment subjected to Animal-Assisted Group Therapy(AAGT). The investigation will be based on running through checklist during the AAGT and evaluated by teachers and parents after the AAGT. This study uses the single-subject experimental design, and two students with disorder selected through Meng’s social skill checklist to conduct the experiment. A 40 minutes’ treatment will hold twice a week throughout six weeks. The result is observed from the visual analysis and C-test from the self-designed checklist by the researcher during the AAGT. Aside from the checklist, evaluation form teachers and parents before, right after, and one month after the AAGT are also very crucial which will be included into the observation. The results are listed below. 1.The animal-assisted therapy group immediately decrease the “impulsive behavior”, and also increased social behaviors of “taking turns” and “expressing themselves”. 2.The impulsive behavior is decreased and the social behavior of “taking turns” and “expressing themselves” is increased right after the animal-assisted therapy group. 3.Both of the school teachers and one of the participants’ parent evaluated a marked improvement of social skills in participants during the therapy (one parent did not). 4.After the therapy ended for one month, both of the class teachers and participants’ parents evaluated a marked improvement of social skills in participants. There are discussion of the result and some suggestions for animal-assisted therapy practitioners and researchers in the end of the study.