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Child and horse : Animal Assisted activities for personal skills
Jiráková, Vladana ; Jančaříková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Pavlasová, Lenka (referee)
The theoretical part of the bachelor thesis defines the place of the AAA method in animotherapy and its use within hippotherapy. This part briefly presents the methodology and the range of clients of the Equine Assisted Activities (EAA). Moreover, human-animal interactions are introduced in terms of being an advantage for the personal development of a child. Additionally, risk factors related to child development are mentioned in this section. The results of the qualitative research, made up of a sample of children attending the private stable, is submitted in the practical part of the thesis. The research was based upon logs of observations and interviews with members of the stable using grounded theory. The purpose of the research is to demonstrate how contact with horses can help the mental and physical skills development of a child.
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Analysis of the canistherapy
Kejřová, Anežka ; Květoňová, Lea (advisor) ; Šumníková, Pavlína (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the use of canistherapy in the special education practise. It records the development, methods, forms and type sof canistherapy, included risks and benefits of this psychoterapeutic method. The research parts maps the relationship between the education of dog handlers and the quality of their fieldwork.
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Canistherapy in scholl for pupils with assorted handicaps
Kopecký, Martin ; Jančaříková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Šumníková, Pavlína (referee)
Canistherapy in school for children with special needs : children with multiple disabilities THESIS ABSTRACT The theoretical part of this bachelor thesis deals with the characteristics of canistherapy, its methodology and terminology, its phases of development and the current approach of this method. It also describes the most frequent disorders in children with multiple disabilities attending the Primary School and Practical School SVÍTÁNÍ, P.B.O., such as cerebral palsy and learning disability. The practical part of the thesis is devoted to the research carried out by means of observation, interview and questionnaire in order to confirm or refute the presumption of a positive effect of canistherapy on children with multiple disabilities attending the Primary School and Practical School SVÍTÁNÍ, P.B.O. KEY WORDS Canistherapy, animotherapy, multiple disabilities.
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Možnosti uplatnění plemene Mainská mývalí ve felinoterapii a její vliv na lidský organismus
Němečková, Eliška
The bachelor thesis deals with felino therapy and its effects on human organism. In the first part I would look outwards zootherapy, its history, division in animals kinds. Then I focus on felinotherapy and its meaning and its kinds. I would point the animal kind, what I am interested in. It's Maine coon cat, also called tender giant. This kind is really favourite, because of their calm, friendly nature. It's also pointed out their strange behaviour and body composition. The felinotherapy is used for seniors and children. It was proved the good impact mental conditions and it's helpful for improvoment of psyche related to feeling the loneliness. It's also watched improvement of fine and row motor activity. My main goal was to find out more informations about felinotherapy, and find advantegases also in comparison to the canisteraphy.
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Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT): Therapy Dog, Exams, the Dog's influence on the classroom climate and the Employment of AAT in Primary and Special Schools.
PHAN, Kim
The purpose of this diploma work is to introduce zootherapy and therapy dog and to determine the possibilities of employing therapy dogs in education of children in elementary and special schools. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the description of zootherapy, its forms and methods. It also deals with preparation and exams for therapists. Lastly there is a section on therapy dogs, their personality and preparation for this field of work. You can also find some information on how to choose the best puppy using the puppy aptitude test. The practical part of this thesis deals with the employment of animal assisted therapy at normal and speial schools. The results had been achieved through interviews that I had made with therapists who use dogs at schools and also through obseration during those classes.
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Animal as a child's therapist
TAUŠNEROVÁ, Olga
This thesis is focused on upgrading of an existing education plan in specifically a classroom for children with special educational needs. The aim is to familiarize the reader with animotherapy as a full-fledged therapy and demonstrate its impact in practice in preschool children with an individual approach. This thesis will describe animotherapy based on theoretical and practical aspects. The focus will be mainly on the approaches, methods and resulting effects of animotherapists when working with children with a special educational program. The first chapter of the theoretical part is focused on clarifying key concepts in preschool children. It describes the structure and the dynamics of personality theory of attachment and psychosocial as well as emotional development of preschool children. The second part describes the format of animotherapy mainly focusing on canine therapy and hippotherapy. The methodological section contains qualitative research strategy, introduces readers to the characteristics of class and education program including the organization and conditions for education in our kindergarten. The practical part is focused on finding specific approaches and methods of animotherapists. I conducted semi-structured interviews with therapists, children and their parents. They also describe the activities of Direct Group, frontal and individual animotherapy. The conclusion, summarizes what methods used in this therapy are desirable and process of development of children in full-year inclusion using this unique method.
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Hippo re-education of behavior disorders of children and teenagers
KOZIELOVÁ, Erika
The present thesis is focused on hippo rehabilitation as a novel technique for re-education of adult and child behavior disorders. The work briefly characterizes issues of adult and child behavior disorders and presents how hippo rehabilitation can be used to positively influence their bad behaviour patterns. The importance of social behavior of horses for re-education of behavior disorders is clarified based on the knowledge of the horse Etology during rehabilitation lessons. In the end of the theoretical part, ?American programme? that use mustang horses for re-socialization of prisoners is described and its parallels are implied to hippo rehabilitation. The practical part of the thesis describes a few chosen hippo rehabilitation centers in the Czech Republic and one center in Germany. Therapeutic approaches to individual client needs are discussed. The positive effect of hippo rehabilitation is documented by three attached case studies describing courses of rehabilitation. In conclusion, the chosen courses of rehabilitation are compared.
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Utilization of Animals in Psychotherapy
SEMECKÁ, Margita
The aim of this study was to examine the use of animals in the therapy of neurotic disorders under the settings of mental hospitals. First part of this work desribes neurotic disorders and their therapy with a particular emphasis on AAT (Anima-Assisted-Therapy, pet therapy) and its subdivisions (hippotherapy, canistherapy, etc.) Principals of AAT are explained. Further, contraindications and possible risks are mentioned and the inherent possibility of animal misuse is discussed. The theses include basic guidelines and methods used in AAT and concludes with practical observations made by psychotherapists from the Czech mental hospitals.
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Hiporehabilitation as a tool of integration
DOLEŽALOVÁ, Michaela
One of the parts of the whole system of rehabilitation is also the treatment using horses or so called hiporehabilitation. Thanks to its complex effectivity, it is a unique and irreplaceable therapeutical method. The aim of this work is to prove how hiporehabilitation helps disabled people integration into the society and how it contributes to social contacts improvement of the users.
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