'Huggy-Puppy' Interventions Ease Child War-Related Stress
January 07, 2008
January 07, 2008
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., Jan. 7 -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release:
Intervention that included a "Huggy-Puppy" doll successfully eased the stress and improved outcomes for young children in Israel exposed to violence during the second Israeli-Lebanon war in 2006. In "Young Children's Reactions to War-Related Stress: A Survey and Assessment of an Innovative Intervention," researchers studied the effects of war exposure on 74 . . .
Intervention that included a "Huggy-Puppy" doll successfully eased the stress and improved outcomes for young children in Israel exposed to violence during the second Israeli-Lebanon war in 2006. In "Young Children's Reactions to War-Related Stress: A Survey and Assessment of an Innovative Intervention," researchers studied the effects of war exposure on 74 . . .