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Benefits of Equine Facilitated Learning for children with special needs
Dvořáčková, Lucie ; Chittussiová, Lenka (advisor) ; Poláčková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis called "Benefits of Equine Facilitated Learning for children with special needs," presents one of the disciplines hiporehabilitation - Equine Facilitated Learning. It points out the possibility of their application in education and comprehensive rehabilitation. The thesis contains information about organizational issues, methodology and implementation of activities. It also offers closer information about problems of children with special needs. The main aim is to point out the benefits of Equine Facilitated Learning for personal development of these children. I was also doing research which demonstrated the positive impact on selected individuals with specific needs. In this thesis there is also processed an initial version of the new methodology of Equine Facilitated Learning. Keywords: Children with special needs, animotherapy, hiporehabilitation, Equine Facilitated Learning
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Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies in Social Services in the Vysocina Region
KUBÁTOVÁ, Jaroslava
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of Equine assisted activities and therapies in social services in the Vysočina Region. The theme is up to date given by the growing interest in Equine assisted activities and therapies. The theoretical part of the bachelor thesis is focused on questions related to hiporehabilitation and more specifically on the field of Equine assisted activities and therapies (EAAT). The first chapter deals with zootherapy in general and furthermore with zooterapeutical methods. In the next chapter is described the hiporehabilitation, its structure, history and the organizations that deal with it, both abroad and in the Czech Republic. The last chapter gives a definition of the term Equine assisted activities and therapies (EAAT), the target group, the indications and contraindications, the goals or effects of EAAT. Furthermore, this chapter contains the composition of the team for EAAT, hiporehabilitation horse, the therapeutic plan of the client, techniques and methods in EAAT ad. The aim of the bachelor thesis was to map the possibilities and limits of Equine assisted activities and therapies, which are provided in social services as part of hiporehabilitation. The partial aim was to find out indications, goals, contraindications, method of work, methods and techniques used, benefit, involvement of a social worker in EAAT. A qualitative research strategy was chosen. Polling method and semi-standardized interview technique were used. The sample was made up of four parents of clients with a health, mental or combined disability who are clients of the organization AMBRA Association. This sample was also supplemented by a social worker who regularly takes part in Equine assisted activities and therapies. The informants were selected by a dedicated quota sampling. The research was carried out at the AMBRA Association in Černá in the Vysocina Region. Through qualitative research, the main and partial research questions were answered. Most surprising were the results regarding the contribution of Equine assisted activities and therapies. The benefit of EAAT is significant in the area of self-confidence or self-assurance of the client. Positive results are also in terms of motivation, communication, improvement also occurs in behavioral or social competencies. Regarding field of fine and gross motor skills, interesting results have also emerged. Parents of clients also welcome cooperation with a social worker. The results also show that client's parents would appreciate the introduction of a new service, namely therapeutic carriage driving. Therapeutic carriage driving is suitable for clients who can not ride or sit on horseback due to higher weight or health complications. The bachelor thesis also includes a SWOT analysis, which provides interesting information about operation of the organization AMBRA Association.
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Benefits of Equine Facilitated Learning for children with special needs
Dvořáčková, Lucie ; Chittussiová, Lenka (advisor) ; Poláčková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis called "Benefits of Equine Facilitated Learning for children with special needs," presents one of the disciplines hiporehabilitation - Equine Facilitated Learning. It points out the possibility of their application in education and comprehensive rehabilitation. The thesis contains information about organizational issues, methodology and implementation of activities. It also offers closer information about problems of children with special needs. The main aim is to point out the benefits of Equine Facilitated Learning for personal development of these children. I was also doing research which demonstrated the positive impact on selected individuals with specific needs. In this thesis there is also processed an initial version of the new methodology of Equine Facilitated Learning. Keywords: Children with special needs, animotherapy, hiporehabilitation, Equine Facilitated Learning
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Comparison of methods for developing communicative competence through 'activities with the use of horses'
VOTÍPKOVÁ, Martina
This thesis compares four methods of therapeutic riding to determine what communicative competence are developed in the framework of activities with the use of horses. The work includes terminology section, which are explained in terms accompanying the whole job and explains the term of use for therapeutic riding. The theoretical part introduces the social communications horses and interpersonal communication. The next section presents the specifics of interspecies communication, and its use in the development of communicative competence and follows the chapter on the development of communicative competence through activities with the use of horses. The main part describes the four methods of therapeutic riding and analytically compares the contents of individual activities with horses focused on the development of communicative competence. In conclusion summarizes the results and encourages the formation of methodology developing communicative competence in educational programs with horses.
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Activities with horses as a tool for experiential education
VOTÍPKOVÁ, Martina
This work presents a new section of horse rehabilitation Activity with the use of horses as means helping to develop the key competences. All the thesis contains a theoretical part and a practical part. In the theoretical part it explains, first of all, terms such as education out of teaching, key competences, function of leisure time activities and their influence on the development of key competences. In the other part the work describes aims and fields of leisure time activities with horses. The main part of the work informs readers about the activities with using horses as instruments helping to develop key competences by means of educational method of natural communication with horses. The theoretical part is added by a methodical procedure of application of natural communication with horses for the development of key competences and a project checking out this development using AVK at children attending the course of natural communication with horses.
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