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Por ejemplo, se aplican en la intervención con niños y adolescentes con problemas de aprendizaje, autismo, personas con enfermedades graves (virus VIH, esclerosis múltiple, cáncer, unidades de cuidados paliativos), adolescentes y adultos con problemas psiquiátricos, personas con discapacidad, personas con afasia y problemas del lenguaje, etc.
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Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) are activities that involve the participation of animals in therapeutic interventions, in order to promote social, emotional, physical and cognitive benefits, thereby helping to improve their quality of life and even help in their recovery, from the knowledge of the needs of the person. These interventions include animal-assisted education, animal-assisted activities, and animal-assisted therapy. Currently, the AAI, both in its therapeutic and educational areas, are widely used in several fields of health and education with children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. For example, they are applied in the intervention with children and adolescents with learning disabilities, autism, people with serious illnesses (HIV, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and palliative care units), adolescents and adults with psychiatric problems, people with disabilities, people with aphasia and language problems, etc. However, in the several meta-analyzes carried out to examine the validity of the IAA, despite having proven their effectiveness, the need to conduct more research is examined to get to know what situations, in what populations and under what conditions AAI can be beneficial for health. The present monographic table presents several emerging intervention programs with AAI for the treatment of the psychosocial consequences of exposure to situations of gender violence, as well as for the treatment of children with functional diversity and / or risk of social exclusion.
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