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Farmingtherapy and Its Influence on the Client
VALENTOVÁ, Pavla
The author deals with farmingtherapy as is a special form of zootherapy which is conducted through work with farm animals. It includes not only work in direct contact with the animals but also the whole process of caretaking and breeding {--} and usually not only of one kind or breed. The work consists of a theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part, the author focuses on a relatively detailed analysis of the given type of zootherapy. One of the chapters deals with ways of practical use of this approach. The author also mentions foreign organizations focusing on farmingtherapy. Further, she includes a historical overview of this method. The aim of the practical part of the bachelor thesis was to contact a maximum number of organizations in the Czech Republic that focus on or offer farmingtherapy, and through email questionnaires asses the extent of use of this method in our country. Organizations using some kinds of farmingtherapy in their work were sent a questionnaire which was to ascertain the extent, method and level of the realization of this method. The obtained results revealed that farmingtherapy has a positive influence on the clients and that both clients and organizers were satisfied with its effects. In the Czech Republic, farmingtherapy is still a relatively new and unknown field. Therefore, it came as no surprise that the questionnaires showed large gaps in general awareness regarding this method, possibilities of further education of therapists specializing in this field as well as methods and techniques of zootherapy in general. These are only some of the reasons why the author supposes that her bachelor thesis could serve as a comprehensive source of information for practicing zootherapists as well as for the general public and become a source of inspiration for therapists working with their clients.
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Competence of persons practicing canistheraphy in the Czech Republic
VALENTOVÁ, Pavla
The diploma thesis focuses on the area of canine therapy as one of forms of the zoo-therapy, which is a part of comprehensive rehabilitation methods. Canine therapy serves as a support of the psychosocial health of clients from all age groups, where a presence of a dog is used. It is method widely used in social work, social rehabilitation and physiotherapy. The theoretical part if the diploma thesis has been divided into two parts. The first part deals with a field of the zoo-therapy and it focuses on a terminology in that field, its history or methods and forms of the zoo-therapy. It notices, however, also umbrella organizations in the zoo-therapy, Czech as well as international ones. The second part is devoted to the canine therapy from its beginning, i. e. since the beginning of a man´s coexistence with a dog. The theoretical part describes possibilities for providing the canine therapy in accordance with the current legislation. The author also devotes to a composition and training of a canine therapy team and to its preparation for passing of the canine therapy tests. Currently, there is missing a database of people who are engaged in the canine therapy in practice. An aim of the practical part of the diploma thesis is to design such a database structure that would allow an easier contact among these people and therefore an easier access to getting relevant information and experience. The database should contain information for people who are supposed to be interested in services of canine therapy teams. The author published a call in magazines Dog ? Man´s Friend and Dog´s World on websites. The call addressed people practising the canine therapy and it invited them to participate in the research. A technique of e-mail survey (CAMI) was used to collect the data. Further a questionnaire with open questions was used. The other used technique was a content analysis of documents. The database of people practising canine therapy in the Czech Republic has been created. At the same time the collected information has provided a basis to compare competences of these people. The database could be used in order to improve a communication, an exchange experience and a complex development of the field.
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