Helping April Talk Selective mutism and animal assistive therapy

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Research Article | Volume 4 Issue 1 (Jan-Feb, 2022)

Helping April Talk Selective mutism and animal assistive therapy

Maya Schwartz Laufer

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Abstract

Communication comes easy to most people, however, to children with selective mutism, day to day communication with their environment can be challenging and somethings even impossible. This paper explores how animal assistive therapy can help children with selective mutism communicate better in their every day environment, using various animals such as: dogs, cats, guinea pigs, bunnies, birds etc.

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Animal Assistive Therapy

Dogs

Cats

Guinea pigs.

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