Preliminary Test of the Potential of Contact With Dogs to Elicit Spontaneous Imitation in Children and Adults With Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Journal: The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association

Published Date: Jan 1, 2020

IMPORTANCE: Finding strategies to enhance imitation skills in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is of major clinical relevance.

Karine Silva

1 Departamento de Ciências do Comportamento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto , Porto, Portugal .
Mariely Lima

2 Escola Superior de Educação Paula Frassinetti , Porto, Portugal .
Carla Fafiães

1 Departamento de Ciências do Comportamento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto , Porto, Portugal .
Jorge Sinval

Jorge Sinval, MSc, PhD, is Researcher, Business Research Unit, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal, and Researcher, William James Center for Research, Instituto Superior de Psicológia Aplicada-Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal. At the time of the study, he was also Researcher, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, and Researcher, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Liliana de Sousa

1 Departamento de Ciências do Comportamento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto , Porto, Portugal .

Adult Animals Attention Autism Spectrum Disorder Child Dogs Humans Imitative Behavior Robotics

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