Specifically, participants who received the animal - assisted social skills intervention exhibited fewer social
skills deficits overall, fewer restricted and repetitive behaviors, and more typical social communication following the intervention.
Not exact matches
Study participants who had
deficits in those
skills reported more stress, more loneliness, and poorer
overall mental and physical health, Segrin said.
While that may be the case for students with
deficits in the specific
skill, studies have demonstrated that while performance on the single
skill can be improved, this doesn't necessarily translate into gains in
overall reading ability (Pressley, Hilden, & Shankland, 2005; Samuels, 2007).
They can be limited in nature, for instance to learning, or the
deficits can be global and affect intelligence or social
skills overall.