CANINE-ASSISTED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY: CASE STUDY WITH A CHILD ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25110/arqsaude.v27i7.2023-019Palavras-chave:
Terapia Assistida por Animais, Terapia Assistida por Cães, Transtorno do Espectro Autista, Terapia OcupacionalResumo
This study presents the objectives, activities and strategies of a canine-assisted therapy for a child on autism spectrum. Canadian Occupational Performance Measurement and a Checklist were used to measure components of the child's performance, engagement and behavior in relation to the dog and were used to define the therapeutic goals. The qualitative and quantitative approach was articulated to analyze the data of this case study. There was an increase in the child's intrinsic motivation, in the frequency of showing attention, interest, persistence, communication, proximity and time close to the dog. Activities structured in stages and the incorporation of the dog in the last stage of the activity favored the child to perform them successfully.
Referências
ANDREASEN, G. et al. Animal-assisted therapy and occupational therapy. Jour-nal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention, v.10, n.1, p. 1-17, 2017.
ASHBURNER, J. et al. Occupational therapy services for people with autism spec-trum disorders: Current state of play, use of evidence and future learning priorities. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, v.61, p.110-120, 2014.
BECK, C. E. et al. The effects of animal-assisted therapy on wounded warriors in an Occupational Therapy Life Skills program. U.S. Army Medical Department Journal, p.38–45, 2012.
BAGATELL, N.; MASON, A. E. Looking Backward, Thinking Forward: Occupa-tional Therapy and Autism Spectrum Disorders. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, v.35, p. 34-41, 2015.
BEHESHTI, S.Z. et al. Occupational performance of children with autism spectrum disorder and quality of life of their mothers. BMC Res Notes, v.15, n.18, 2022.
CASE-SMITH, J.; ARBESMAN, M. Evidence-Based Review of Interventions for Autism Used in or of Relevance to Occupational Therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, v.62, p. 416-429, 2008.
CADORE, C.; MALYSZ, K. A.; DUTRA, A. C. L.; MEIRELES, L. Avaliação do déficit de equilíbrio em crianças com Transtorno do Espectro Autista. Arquivos de Ciências da Saúde da UNIPAR. Umuarama. v. 26, n. 3, p. 631-642, set./dez. 2022.
DEARDEN, J. et al. Transforming Engagement: A Case Study of Building Intrin-sic Motivation in a Child with Autism. British Journal of Sociology of Education, v.44, p.8-25, 2017.
DEPOY, E.; GITLIN, L. Mixed Method Designs. In E. _____ (Eds.). Introduction to Research. Understanding and applying multiple strategies. 5th ed. St Louis, MI: Mosby, Elsevier Inc., 2011. pp.173-178.
FIGUEIREDO, M. O. PFEIFER, L. Assessment of Children in Canine-Assisted Occupational Therapy. 31st International Society for Anthrozoology Annual Conference, virtual, 7-9 jul., 2022, p. 172. Resumo encontra-se na pagina 172 do Programa que pode ser acesso em: https://www.isaz2022.net/_files/ugd/1c55f9_4bdd5c504cac4baaa8b87a460381d1bf.pdf
FINE, A. Best practices in animal-assisted therapy: guidelines for use of AAT with special populations. In ____ (Ed.), Handbook of Animal Assisted Therapy: Foundations and guidelines for animal-assisted interventions, 5th ed. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2019. pp. 207-224.
FINE, A.; BECK, A. M. Understanding our kinship with animals: input for health care professionals interested in the human-animal bond. In A. Fine (Ed.), Hand-book of Animal Assisted Therapy: Foundations and guidelines for animal-assisted interventions. 5th ed. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press. 2019. pp.3-12.
FUNAHASHI, A. et al. Brief Report: The Smiles of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder During an Animal-assisted Activity May Facilitate Social Positive Behav-iors-Quantitative Analysis with Smile-detecting Interface. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v.44, p. 685–693, 2014.
GRANDIN, T. et al. The roles of animals for individuals with autism spectrum dis-order. In A. Fine (Ed.), Handbook on animal-assisted therapy: Foundations and guidelines for animal-assisted interventions, 4th ed. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Aca-demic Press, 2015. pp. 225–236.
HILL, J. R. et al. Canine-assisted occupational therapy for children on the autism spectrum: Challenges in practice. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, v.83, n.4, p. 215–219, 2020a.
HILL, J. R. et al. Canine Assisted Occupational Therapy for Children on the Au-tism Spectrum: A Pilot Randomised Control Trial. Journal of Autism and Devel-opmental Disorders, 2020b.
HILL, J. R.; ZIVIANI, J.; DRISCOLL, C. “The connection just happens”: Thera-pists’ perspectives of canine‐assisted occupational therapy for children on the au-tism spectrum. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 00, p. 1– 13, 2020a.
HILL, J. R., ZIVIANI, J.; DRISCOLL, C. Canine‐assisted occupational therapy for children on the autism spectrum: Parents’ perspectives. Australian Occupa-tional Therapy Journal, v. 00, 1– 10, 2020d.
HILL, J. R. et al. Can Canine-Assisted Interventions Affect the Social Behaviours of Children on the Autism Spectrum? A Systematic Review. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v.6, p.13–25, 2019a.
HILL, J. R. et al. Canine Assisted Occupational Therapy: Protocol of a Pilot Ran-domised Control Trial for Children on the Autism Spectrum. Open Journal of Pe-diatrics, v.9, p. 199-217, 2019b.
ISAACSON, M. The training and use of service dogs in occupational therapy education. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, v.1, n.2, p. 1-13, 2013.
KENNEDY, J.; DAVIS, J. A. Clarifying the Construct of Occupational Engage-ment for Occupational Therapy Practice. OTJR: occupation, participation and health, v.37, n.2, p. 98–108, 2017.
KING, G. The role of the therapist in therapeutic change: How knowledge from mental health can inform pediatric rehabilitation. Physical & Occupational Thera-py in Pediatrics, v.65, p. 1–19, 2016.
KOEGEL, L. K.; SINGH, A. K.; KOEGEL, R. L. Improving Motivation for Aca-demics in Children with Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disor-ders, v.40, p. 1057-1066, 2010.
LAW, M. et al. Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. brasilian version. L. C. Magalhães, L. V. Magalhães, & A. A. Cardoso (translators). Belo Horizonte: Editora Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2009.
LLAMBIAS, C. et al. Equine assisted occupational therapy: Increasing engagement for children with autism spectrum disorder. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, v.70, n. 6, p. 1–9, 2016.
LUDLOW A.; SKELLY C.; ROHLEDER P. (2012). Challenges faced by parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Health Psycho-logy, v.17, n.5, p. 702-711, 2012.
MUÑOZ, P.O.L. Terapia assistida por animais interação entre cães e crianças autistas. 2013. Tese (Doutorado no Instituto de Psicologia) Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2013.
POLATAJKO, H.J.; TOWNSEND, E.A.; CRAIK, J. Canadian model of occupa-tional performance and engagement. In E. A. Townsend & H. J. Polatajko (Eds.). Enabling occupation II: Advancing an occupational therapy vision for health, well-being, and justice through occupation. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, 2013. pp. 23-36.
PROTHMANN, A.; ETTRICHT, C.; PROTHMANN, S. (2009) Preference for, and responsiveness to, people, dogs and objects in children with autism. Anthro-zoös, v.22, n.2, p. 161–171.
RANKA J.; CHAPPARO C. Definition of terms. In C. Chapparo & J. Ranka. Oc-cupational Performance Model (Australia). 1997. Monograph (pp. 58-60). Occu-pational Performance Network: Sydney. www.occupationalperformance.com/definitions
ROEHM, J. Animal assisted therapy increases fine motor skills. 2010 (Master’s thesis). Denton, TX: Texas Woman’s University. https://twu-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/11274/10797/2010RoehmOCR.pdf?sequence=3
ROSENBERG, J. P.; YATES, P. M. Schematic representation of case study re-search designs. Journal of Advanced Nursing, v.60, n.4, p. 447–452, 2007.
SAMS, M. J.; FORTNEY, E. V.; WILLENBRING, S. Occupational therapy incor-porating animals for children with autism: a pilot investigation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, v.60, n.3, p.268-274, 2006.
SCHATZ, R.B.; PETERSON, R.K.; BELLINI, S. The use of video self-modelling to increase on-task behavior in children with high-functioning autism. Journal of Applied School of Psychology, v. 32, n.2, p. 234–243, 2016.
YIN, R.K. Case Study Research and Applications: Design and Methods. Thou-sand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Inc., 2018.
ZAIDMAN-ZAIT A.; CURLE D. Complexity: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of mothers of deaf children with cochlear implants and autism. Journal of Health Psychology, v.23, n.9, p. 1173-1184, 2018.
ZIVIANI, J. Occupational performance: A case for self-determination. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, v. 62, n.6, p. 393–394, 2015.
Downloads
Publicado
Como Citar
Edição
Seção
Licença
Os Direitos Autorais para artigos publicados são de direito da revista. Em virtude da aparecerem nesta revista de acesso público, os artigos são de uso gratuito, com Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
A revista se reserva o direito de efetuar, nos originais, alterações de ordem normativa, ortográfica e gramatical, com vistas a manter o padrão culto da língua e a credibilidade do veículo. Respeitará, no entanto, o estilo de escrever dos autores.
Alterações, correções ou sugestões de ordem conceitual serão encaminhadas aos autores, quando necessário. Nesses casos, os artigos, depois de adequados, deverão ser submetidos a nova apreciação.
As opiniões emitidas pelos autores dos artigos são de sua exclusiva responsabilidade.
