The article mentions a few results:
- Four out of five children showed increased number and complexity of utterances and greater use/variety of speech acts in the dog condition.
- One child stated, that he was afraid of the dog, but then went on to explain in detail, to the dog, why he was afraid.”Preschool-aged children with disabilities can improve their learning through animal-assisted therapy, according to speech pathologist Dr. Sheila Bernstein.