@article{MAKHILLTSS20149422524,
    title = {Assessment of the Jordanian Experience in the Training and Treatment of Autistic Children Using Horses, from the Perspective of Parents and Professionals},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {9},
    number = {4},
    pages = {289-303},
    year = {2014},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2014.289.303},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2014.289.303},
    author = {Nieveen},
    keywords = {random sample,autistic child,universal study,Global program,parents},
    abstract = {This study aims to identify the pioneer Jordanian experience in the training 
  and treatment of autistic children through the use of horses from the perspective 
  of autistic’s surroundings and parents. It also aims to highlight features 
  of autistic children that could be changed and improved after being exposed 
  to a global program which effectiveness was proved through universal studies 
  by the means of intervention. The study was limited to a single program designed 
  for Autism treatment entitled growing together presented and administrated by 
  the association of her highness Princess Alia Bent Al-Hussein, at the royal 
  stables where a random sample of 20 children was chosen, due to the limited 
  number of centers enrolled to the program due to many considerations, including 
  the availability of one trainer only and the place and time devoted for individual 
  training, as each child is being trained in a separate session. Lack of parents’ 
  interaction with the program and its details led to the need for the intensification 
  of the use of the specialists around. The researcher prepared and used a questionnaire 
  involving 74 paragraphs. These are answered by either parents or specialist 
  accompanying the autistic child. The researcher uses those direct questions 
  in order to identify a child’s features before and after being exposed 
  to growing together program. The tool was only applied after asserting its honesty 
  and consistency. After collecting and analyzing data, the results found confirmed 
  the effectiveness of the program in improving autistic children’s capacities. 
  Thereafter, the study came out with some recommendations at the top of which 
  is the circulation of the idea to the concerned ministries, institutions and 
  other centers specialized in autism treatment. The study emphasizes the fact 
  that the responsibility of fighting the disease is a general one and that we 
  both private and governmental institutions must work as a one hand, in order 
  to adopt the mentioned program and support and help autistic children. It also 
  recommends that specialists and researchers be informed with modern methods 
  of treatment that specialists working for this program should be regularly trained 
  and that providing all possible ways to adopt, support and disseminate successful 
  programs in order to improve the capacities of individuals with special needs 
  is of a great importance.}
    }