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Animal Assisted Education (AAE) is goal-directed interventions designed to promote improvement in cognitive functioning of the person(s) involved and in which a specially trained dog-handler team is an integral part of the educational process. AAE is directed and/or delivered by an educational professional with education, licensure, and specialized expertise and within the scope of education. AAE may be provided in a variety of settings, may be group or individual in nature and may be implemented for persons of any age. There are specific educational goals for each individual involved and the process is documented and evaluated. The purpose of this manuscript is to report a pilot study of animal assisted education in Seongdang Elementary School in Iksan City, Jeollabuk-do. We conducted the study of animal assisted education program with 16 elementary school students in Seongdang Elementary School in Iksan City, Jeonbuk. This program had a total of 12 sessions as one secession per a week for a period of 12 weeks, which took around two hours for a session. As the results, we found he positive improvement effects of anxiety, depression, ADHD and, conduct disorder by animal assisted education program. Also, animal assisted education program had a positive impact on the elevation of attention potency, activity and positivity of the subject students. In conclusion, animal assisted education program could be used effectively for the improvement of education efficiency and problem solving for the young students.
