Research in Human-Animal Interaction
THE ROLE OF PETS IN THE SOCIO-EMOTIONAL AND BIO-BEHAVIOURAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
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Co-hosted by the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition and NICHD
Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, UK, 3rd - 5th August 2009
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MONDAY 3rd August 2009
9.00 - 9.30 am
Welcome, opening comments, agenda, housekeeping
BACKGROUND READING
Daly & Morton (2006). An investigation of human-animal interactions and empathy as related to pet-preference, ownership, attachment, and attitudes in children. Anthrozoos, 19, 113-127
McNicholas & Collis (2001). Children's representation of pets in their social network. Child Care Health, 27, 279-294.
Bodsworth & Coleman. (2001). Child-companion animal attachment bonds in single and two-parent families. Anthrozoos, 14, 216-223.
9.30am The role of pets in the classroom - Kurt Kotrschal (Konrad Lorenz Institute, Austria)
10.00am Developing perceptions of animals in children - Judy DeLoache (University of Virginia, USA)
10.30am Can pets act as family members? - Philip Tedeschi (The University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work - Institute for Human-Animal Connection, USA)
11.00 - 11.30am BREAK
11.30am Pets in the network of family relationships - June McNicholas, (Independent researcher, UK)
12.00-12.45pm LUNCH
12.45-1.15pm Respondents
Peter Bundred (Medical Dept., Liverpool University, UK)
1.15-1.45pm DISCUSSION
BACKGROUND READING
Nagengast, Baun, Megel & Liebowitz (1997). The effects of the presence of a companion animal on physiological arousal and behavioral distress in children during a physical examination. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 12, 323-330.
Allen, K., Blascovich & Mendes (2002). Cardiovascular reactivity and the presence of pets, friends, and spouses: the truth about cats and dogs. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64, 727-739.
Nagasawa, M. Kikusui, T., Onaka, T. & Ohta, M. (2009) Dog's gaze at its owner increases owner's urinary oxytocin during social interaction. Hormones and Behavior 55:434-441.
1.45pm Measurement of stress in children - Nathan Fox
2.15pm Physiological and endocrine effects of social contact with pets - Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg (Prof. Of Animal Physiology, Stockholm)
2.45pm The significance of human-animal relationships as modulators of trauma effects in children: a developmental neurobiological perspective - Jan Yorke (College of Social Work, Veterinary Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, US)
3.15-3.45pm BREAK
3.45-4.00pm Respondent
Karen Bales (Mind Institute, UC Davis, US)
4.00-4.45pm DISCUSSION
4.45pm CLOSE
TUESDAY 4th AUGUST 2009
8.30-9.00am Refreshments
9.00-9.15am Intro to the day
BACKGROUND READING
Martin & Farnum (2002). Animal assisted therapy for children with pervasive developmental disorders. Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 24, No. 6, 657-670.
Souter, M. A., and Miller, M. D. (2007). Do animal-assisted activities effectively treat depression: A meta-analysis. Anthrozoos 20, 167-180.
9.15am Do pets protect against depression developing in young adolescents? - James Serpell (Director, Center for the Interaction of Animals & Society, Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, US)
9.45am Epigenetic and timing of exposure issues of pets for children - James Swanson (University of California - Irvine, Dept of Pediatrics, Child Development Center)
10.15-10.45am BREAK
10.45-11.15am Respondent
Daniel Mills (Prof. Of Veterinary Ethology, Lincoln University, UK)
Allen Reiss (Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, US)
11.15-12.00pm DISCUSSION
12.00-12.45pm LUNCH
BACKGROUND READING
Schultz PN, Remick-Barlow GA, Robbins L. (2007) Equine-assisted psychotherapy: a mental health promotion/intervention modality for children who have experienced intra-family violence. Health Soc Care Community. 15(3):265-71.
Strand (2004). Interparental conflict and youth maladjustment: The buffering effect of pets. Journal of Stress, Trauma and Crisis, 7.
12.45pm The Buffering Effects of Pets: Interparental conflict & youth maladjustment - Elizabeth Strand (Veterinary Social Work, University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Social Work, US)
1.15pm Pets as mediators for the stress of clinical procedures - Mara Baun (School of Nursing, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, US)
1.45pm The Psychiatric Service Dog (PSD) Therapeuatic Model: harnessing twelve years of grass-roots development - Craig Love & Joan Esnayra (Walter Reed Military University, Washington DC, USA)
2.15-2.45pm BREAK
2.45pm Respondent
Valerie Maholmes, NICHD, USA
3.00 - 3.45pm DISCUSSION
3.45-4.45pm
Led by co-chairs Lisa Freund (NICHD) and Sandra McCune (WALTHAM)
4.45pm Close
WEDNESDAY 5th AUGUST 2009
9.15-9.30am Refreshments
9.30-9.45am Introduction to the WALTHAM Centre
10.00-10.30am WALTHAM's HAI programme - Dr Sandra McCune
10.30-11.00am WALTHAM's wider research programme - Dr Paul Jones
11.00-11.30am BREAK
11.30-12.45pm Tour of the WALTHAM Centre
12.45-2.30pm Lunch
2.30-2.45pm Closing Comments