Clinical Trial: Development and Evaluation CAT and Youth
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: CAT Intervention Group
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: The Development and Evaluation of a Novel Cat Assisted Training (CAT) Intervention for Youth With Developmental Disabilities and Their Family Cat
Brief Summary:
This R21 provides a multidisciplinary One Health approach to developing and evaluating a novel Cat Assisted Training (CAT) animal assisted intervention (AAI) for early adolescents with developmental disabilities (DD) and their family cat.Cat social behavior and welfare is heavily influenced by human behavior and training, making it highly likely that cats would also benefit from this program.There remains a critical need for further empirical evaluation of AAI practices, especially those that target the specific…
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