Oh my goodness! I have searched and searched and have found so little on the use of birds for AAT. It's not that it isn't being used-people just are not posting much about it! Anyway, I found an interesting article about the use of birds at a program called the Deveraux Children's Center near Georgetown, Washington for children with behavioral disorders.
http://www.petpublishing.com/birdtimes/articles/pickles.shtml
Pickles, a 2 year old greater Indian hill Mynah bird is one of the children's favorites to visit :) The bird is an iridescent bird with a bright orange and yellow beak. She can speak, and the children love to hear her talk and enjoy interacting with her. I wish I could find more! I'm going to research some articles on ebscohost or something...I really want to find more about birds. This was a pretty cute article, though.
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This was a very informative article! I know many elderly people who live alone who have birds. I have posted about one of them earlier. From what I've seen, birds make great companions.
ReplyDeleteIn this article, the children recieved a visit once a month from the bird. I wonder what results the bird would render as an AAT if it was actually owned by the center. In connection with what we are learning in the text... could the use of this bird be used in a positive behavioral intervention plan? It's just something I thought about. What do you think?