Selected Articles

Drawe, Heather L.  An animal-assisted therapy program for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders.  Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Science & Engineering.  2001.  61(11-B):6130

Granger, Ben P; Kogan, Lori; Fitchett, Jennifer, Helmer, Kim.  A human animal intervention team approach to animal-assisted therapy.  Anthrozoos. 1998. 11(3):172-176

Greenwald, Alisa.  The effect of a therapeutic horsemanship program on emotionally disturbed boys.  Dissertation Abstractions International; Section B: The Science & Engineering. 2001, 62(2-B) P. 1078

Hanselman, Jan L.  Coping skills interventions with adolescents in anger management using animals in therapy.  Journal of Child & Adolescent Group Therapy.  2001.  11(4):159-195

Kogan, Lori; Granger, Ben P, Fitchett, Jennifer A; Helmer, Kimberly A; Young, Kaili J.  The human-animal team approach for children with emotional disorders: Two case studies.  Child & Youth Forum.  1999, 28(2) P. 105-121

Levinson, B. M.  Pet psychotherapy: Use of household pets in the treatment of behaviour disorders in children.  Psychological Reports.  1965.  17:  695.

Melson, G.F.,  Peet, S.  & Sparks, C.  Children's attachment to their pets:  Links to socio-emotional development.  The Interactions Bibliography.  1993.  March, 4(1):  15.

Reimer, Dina Fentin.  Pet-facilitated therapy:  An initial exploration of the thinking and theory behind an innovative intervention for children in psychotherapy.  Dissertation Abstractions International: Section B: The Science & Engineering.  60(5-B), p. 2363

Triebenbacher, S.L.  Pets as transitional objects:  Their role in children's emotional development. Psychological Reports.  1998(b).  82: 191-200.

Additional Articles

Cusack, Odean.  Pets and Mental Health.  The Haworth Press, Inc. 1988

George, Mother Hildegard.  Child therapy and animals:  A new way for an old relationship.  John Wiley & Sons Publishing. 1988.

Katcher, A. & Wilkins, G.G.  Animal-assisted threapy in the treatment of disruptive behavior disorders in children.  1998.  In Lundberg, A. (Ed)  The environment and mental health: a guide for clinicians.  Mahwah, NJ: L Erlbaum Associates.

Ruth, Rob.  Animals are helping children overcome physical and emotional challenges.  Interactions Magazine.  1992.  10(1):16

Salomon, Anne; Comeau, Judith.  Child’s Modes of Communication with the Animal. Paper presented at the Child in Social Context Conference.  October 4-5, 1984. P.20