Children and Animals: References and Links

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bryant, B. K (1987) Mental Health, temperament, family, and friends: Perspectives on children’s empathy and social perspective taking. In N. Eisenberg & J. Strayer (Eds), Empathy and its development (pp. 245-270). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; as cited by Thompson, K. L., & Guillone, E. (2003). Promotion of Empathy and Prosocial Behaviour in Children through Humane Education Australian Psychologist 38
Campoy, R. (1997) Creating moral curriculum: How to teach values using children’s literature and metacognitive strategies Reading Improvement V34 (2), Summer 1997 p54-65
Eisenberg et al., (1997) Social Cognition and Prosocial development. In S. Hala (Ed) The development of social cognition (pp3-13). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; as cited by Thompson, K. L., & Guillone, E. (2003). Promotion of Empathy and Prosocial Behaviour in Children through Humane Education Australian Psychologist 38
Eisenberg & McNally (1993; Koestner et al, 1990; as cited in Berk, 2002)
Evans, D (1999) Pets and People Education Program Teacher Resource Book Australian Veterinary Association Ltd
George, H (1999) The role of animals in the emotional and moral development of children. In F.R .,Ascione & P. Arkow (Eds)., Child abuse, domestic violence and animal abuse: Linking the circles of compassion for prevention and intervention (pp. 380-392). Indiana: Purdue University Press as cited by Thompson, K. L., & Guillone, E. (2003). Promotion of Empathy and Prosocial Behaviour in Children through Humane Education Australian Psychologist 38
Hastings et al., (2000); Luk et al., (1991) The development of concern for others in children with behaviour problems. Developmental Psychology, 36, 531-546 as cited in Thompson, K. L., & Guillone, E. (2003). Promotion of Empathy and Prosocial Behaviour in Children through Humane Education Australian Psychologist 38, 175-182

Healey, K., & Graham, E. (2005). Crime Graduates: Striking pet torturers before it’s too late. The Advertiser, p 9
Hoffman (1975) Developmental synthesis of affect and cognition and its interplay for altruistic motivation. Developmental Psychology, 11, 607-622; as cited by Thompson, K. L., & Guillone, E. (2003). Promotion of Empathy and Prosocial Behaviour in Children through Humane Education Australian Psychologist 38
Jalongo R, M Prof (2005) What are all these Dog’s Doing at School? Childhood Education March pp152-156
Kellert, S.R., & Felthous, A.R. (1985). Childhood cruelty toward animals among criminals and non-criminals. Human Relations 38, 1113-11129 as cited in Thompson, K. L., & Guillone, E. (2003). Promotion of Empathy and Prosocial Behaviour in Children through Humane Education Australian Psychologist 38, 175-182.
Latter, C (1999) An Exploration of the Use Of Animal Therapy in Special Education Flinders University Sturt Campus Thesis Collection
McGreevy; Paul Dr, (2005) The Dog-Friendly Child Dog’s Life Magazine pp3-5
Poresky R, H. (1990) The young children’s empathy measure: Reliability, validity and effects of companion animal bonding. Psychological Reports, 66, 931-936 as cited by Thompson, K. L., & Guillone, E. (2003). Promotion of Empathy and Prosocial Behaviour in Children through Humane Education Australian Psychologist 38
Rosier, M. Dr (1994) Cats in Schools- Overview Petcare Advisory and Information Service
Thompson, K. L., & Guillone, E. (2003). Promotion of Empathy and Prosocial Behaviour in Children through Humane Education Australian Psychologist 38
Whatling, D (2005) personal communication
www.ava.com.au (2005)

www.anthrozoology.com.au (2005)

LINKS:
www.anthrozoology.com.au : Terrific site for information on the human-animal bond.

www.ava.com.au : Australian Veterinary Association, for all information on PetPEP.

www.deltasociety.org: Great articles by leading researchers into child development and animals.
http://www.dognosenews.com/dnn/story/178 : Explains the role of companion animals in child development.
http://www.whitehutchinson.com/children/articles/biophilia.shtml : Describes the need to develop children’s “biophilia” or love for the Earth.
http://www.chicagolandtails.com/the_empathy_project : Chicago-based learning initiative to educate students of the importance of compassion.
http://www.teachkind.org/ : Fantastic site with lots of information for teachers as well as free resources and online lessons.
http://www.sharetheworld.com/ : Information on a free teacher’s resource pack to assist with education on empathy towards animals.
http://www.rspca.org.au/ : Information on how this organisation promotes compassion towards sentient beings.
http://www.animalwelfare.com.au/ : Details of the South Australian League’s commitment to animal welfare.

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