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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Familiar Yet Different: Human-Animal Interaction and Education Research -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Section I The Issues -- Chapter 1 How Animals Help Children Learn: Introducing a Roadmap for Action -- Chapter 2 Animals in Education Settings: Safety for All -- Chapter 3 Legal and Policy Issues for Classrooms with Animals -- Section II The Evidence -- Chapter 4 Does Animal Presence or Interaction Impact Social and Classroom Behaviors Conducive to Student Educational Success? -- Chapter 5 Do Animals in the Classroom Improve Learning, Attention, or Other Aspects of Cognition? -- Chapter 6 School-based Animal-Assisted Interventions for Children with Deficits in Executive Function -- Chapter 7 The Impact of Animals in Classrooms Assisting Students with Autism and Other Developmental Disorders -- Chapter 8 Companion Animals as Moderators of Stress Responses: Implications for Academic Performance, Testing, and Achievement -- Chapter 9 Does Reading to a Dog Affect Reading Skills? -- Chapter 10 Children's Play, Self-Regulation, and Human-Animal Interaction in Early Childhood Learning -- Section III The Methods and Approaches -- Chapter 11 Methods for Bridging Human-Animal Interactions and Education Research -- Chapter 12 Recommendations for Measuring the Impact of Animals in Education Settings -- Chapter 13 Selecting Animals for Education Environments -- Chapter 14 Caring for Classroom Pets -- Chapter 15 Creating an Atmosphere of Acceptance for HAI in Education - Future Directions -- Index