mohsen siavashi; Noor Ali Farrokhi; Kourosh Goodarzi; . Mehdi Roozbahani
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Objective: The present study aimed is Comparison of the Effectiveness of Animal-Assisted Therapy and play therapy In reducing Primary school children Components of behavioral disorders. Method: To investigate research assumptions, in semi-experimental formatting, 45 student were selected through Randomly ...
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Objective: The present study aimed is Comparison of the Effectiveness of Animal-Assisted Therapy and play therapy In reducing Primary school children Components of behavioral disorders. Method: To investigate research assumptions, in semi-experimental formatting, 45 student were selected through Randomly sampling, and placed randomly in the Animal-Assisted Therapy (15 student), play therapy (15 student) and control group (15 student). All three groups in a pre-test, post-test were assessed by Rutter behavioral disorders scale. The experiment groups was exposed to 10 sessions Animal-Assisted Therapy and play therapy, the control groups was not exposed to any intervention. The data were analyzed by Multivariate analysis of variance and post hoc test (Bonferoni). Results: The results showed that effect of Animal-Assisted Therapy was not significant on the components of behavioral disorders. The results also showed that the effect of play therapy on the components of behavioral disorders was significant. The results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that the two treatments were not significantly different in all components.Conclusion: According to the research findings, It seams Assisted Therapy and play therapy Have played an important role In reducing Primary school children behavioral disorders.
Hatam Mohammadi; Ezzat o allah Naderi
Volume 1, Issue 1 , April 2011, , Pages 1-26
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The aim of This study is to investigate the prevalence of behavior disorders among elementary Ardebil school students with and without specific learning disabilties. The subjects of this study were a sample of 377 (191 boys and 186 girls) without specific learning disabilties and 80 students ...
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The aim of This study is to investigate the prevalence of behavior disorders among elementary Ardebil school students with and without specific learning disabilties. The subjects of this study were a sample of 377 (191 boys and 186 girls) without specific learning disabilties and 80 students with specific learning disabilties (40 boys and 40 girls) enrolled for the academic year (1388–1389) in Ardebil/ Iran. the sample was taken via stratified random sampling. the Achenbach teacher from was completed by both groups. The specific learning disabilties sample showed significantly more and higher degrees of symptorms in all types of behaviour disorders, including emotional, anxiety, defiant, ADHD/ hyperactive and conduct disorders. with only the exception of physical disorders. another intere sting finding has been the prevalence of ADHD among both groups. Educational settings and helping profesionals should be more aware of this comorbid symptoms along with specific learning disabilities in such students.