Table of Contents
Section I: The Issues Chapter 1. How Animals Help Children Learn: Introducing a Roadmap for Action.
Chapter 2. Animals in Education Settings – Safety for All.
Chapter 3. Legal and Policy Issues for Classrooms with Animals.
Section II: The Evidence
Chapter 4. Does Animal Presence or Interaction Impact Social and Classroom Behaviors Conducive to Student Educational Success?
Chapter 5. Do animals in the Classroom Improve Learning, Attention, or Other Aspects of Cognition?
Chapter 6. School-based Animal-Assisted Interventions for Children with Deficits in Executive Function.
Chapter 7. The Impact of Animals in Classrooms Assisting Students with Autism and Other Developmental Disorders.
Chapter 8. Companion Animals as Moderators of Stress responses: Implications for Academic Performance, Testing, and Achievement.
Chapter 9. Does Reading to a Dog Affect Reading Skills?
Chapter 10. Children’s Play, Self-regulation, and Human-Animal Interaction in Early Childhood Learning.
Section III: The Methods and Approaches
Chapter 11. Methods for Bridging Human-Animal Interactions and Education Research.
Chapter 12. Recommendations for Measuring the Impact of Animals in Education Settings.
Chapter 13. Selecting Animals for Education Environments.
Chapter 14. Caring for Classroom Pets.
Chapter 15. Creating an Atmosphere of Acceptance for HAI in Education – Future Directions.