The Reliability of a Video Analysis Tool to Evaluate Outcomes for Animal Assisted Therapy Involving Dogs in Children and Young People with Autism
The VAT-AAT has good inter-rater and test-retest reliability when used in AAT with children and young people with autism. Session complexity or rater experience with children or autism did not impact on the level of agreement with expert raters. Validity of the tool now needs to be established.
Authors
- Meryl Lovarini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4304-0793)
- Lynette A. Mackenzie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1597-2051)
- Alberto Alvarez-Campos
- Alessandra Dennehy
- Kim Bulkeley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7595-5624)
- Claire Dickson
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Royal College of Occupational Therapists (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-06-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01942638.2025.2518390
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00