Stress reduction and the emotional safety of students with disabilities

Describe the impact of AAT and AAA on stress reduction and the emotional safety of students with disabilities. Explore animal-assisted activities and interventions pedagogically implemented in the elementary classroom to increase self-esteem in struggling readers, develop positive relationships in students with emotional/behavioral disorders, and to decrease the sensory need for self-stimulatory behavior in students with Autism. Use a minimum of TWO referen