Borgi Et. Al. (2016) Study

Borgi et al., (2016) study aims at improving autistic children “adaptive and executive functioning” (p.1) through EAT. For a participant to be included in the study they had to have an IQ 70 or above and had diagnoses of ASD that was in accordance to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)- IV-TR (Borgi et al., 2016). The study had a total of 28 participants ages six to twelve years old, that received one 60 to 70 minute session a week for 6 months, which equals to 25 sessions total per participant (Borgi et al., 2016). The session involved three to four participants, a certified riding instructor and sometimes a doctor would be present (the doctor was present in one out of eight sessions) (Borgi et al., 2016). The EAT methods used in the study was to have the
Instructions were given to the participant both verbally and with pictures (Borgi et al., 2016). Pictures were also given to participants to take home to color (Borgi et al., 2016). In order that all participants received the same training all the horses were all specifically trained, the sessions all were at the same accreditation riding facilities, and all the trainers went to meetings before the sessions occurred, and all the trainers received written ave video instructions (Borgi et al., 2016). The study measured the outcomes of the participant by interviewing the parents and using assessment tools such as the Tower of London test and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (Borgi et al., 2016). Borgi et al., (2016) study also included a control group which were participants with ASD that were on a waiting list. The baseline measurement was taken between a period of 30 days before the trial started, and a measurement was taken at end of the study and up to 30 days after the study (Borgi et al.,