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Animal Assisted Activity and Therapy in the Context of Coordinated Rehabilitation
POLENOVÁ, Dana
The diploma thesis is concerned with the provision of animal-assisted activities and therapies for children with disabilities within the social services in the South Bohemian region. The diploma thesis aims to investigate the mode of providing animal-assisted activities and therapies from the point of view of workers who perform zootherapy in the social services organizations. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a research part. The theoretical part deals with zootherapy in the context of coordinated rehabilitation and the very definition of zootherapy. Methods, forms and organizations that deal with zootherapy are summarized. Furthermore, the most common types of zootherapy are listed. The practical part presents the research component of the issue, aimed to answer the main research question: How are animal-assisted activities and therapies provided? Qualitative research was used, carried out using the method of questioning and the technique of semi-structured interview. The research group consisted of 7 informants, who were selected through intentional selection and purposeful selection technique. The results were processed by data analysis using grounded theory. According to research, the most used methods in social services are animal-assisted activities and animal-assisted therapy, especially canistherapy and hyporehabilitation. Activities and therapy run through entirely different courses. The activities are mainly educational and motivational in character and they have a psychological effect. The therapy focuses primarily on the physiology. According to the research, zootherapy has a unique position and application in the system of coordinated rehabilitation. The contribution of the diploma thesis lies in the integrity of the topic and its inclusion in the topic of coordinated rehabilitation, which is currently an important element in health and social care. The result of the research part can also motivate other workers and organizations in the social and health field to involve zootherapy in their sphere of work.
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Use of animal assisted therapy and hippotherapy for children with physical and sensory disabilities and its application
Jiroušková, Alžběta ; Jančaříková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Květoňová, Lea (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to determine the influence of assisted therapy of dogs and horses for people with musculoskeletal disabilities and sensory impairments. The operational objective is to define the status and position of a therapy with the assistance of a dog and a horse in the context of the complex rehabilitation of a client. The theoretical part concentrates on the issues of zootherapy and zooasistance as supportive methods for easing muscle spasms, the development of fine and gross motor skills, development of verbal and nonverbal communication and development of orientation in space. In the research part of the thesis there are used qualitative techniques of data collection (history and observation), all rounded off by grounded theory. By the carried out research there were found positive manifestations in both the social and psychological areas, as well as in the areas of communication and development of fine and gross motor skills of children with disabilities.
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Animal Assisted Activities at Children in Hospital
Jakubcová, Šárka ; Procházková, Jana (advisor) ; Valentová, Lidmila (referee)
The thesis titled "Use of animal assisted therapy for the hospitalized children" deals with the theoretical background of animal assisted therapy as a supporting method in complex rehabilitation and its practical use during the visits of volunteers with their dogs and its influence to the health of children in hospital care. In the available literature are often described the positive effects of the animal assisted therapy onto the mental and physical condition of the person, the impact on improving communication as well as other factors in the social life of the client. The main focuse of my work is whether these effects can be observed (noticed) even in the short term or even after a single visit of the dog. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, I have tried to describe this impact and possibly uncover additional benefits that can be attributed to the visits of the volunteers with a dog at pediatric hospital.
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Phobia of animals in pre-school children
Kralertová, Michaela ; Jančaříková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Mazáčová, Nataša (referee)
The topic of this bachelor's thesis is animal phobias in pre-school children. In the theoretical part, general information about the topic is provided, including theoretical findings about phobias, the way animals influence children and children's estrangement from nature. The theoretical part also focuses on types of education available to prevent this problem. The practical part describes activities focusing on prevention of animal phobias (and fear) as well as on their identification and therapy. In the research part, general attitude of children to pre-selected animals is identified and certain tendencies in their popularity is revealed. An analysis is then performed to determine how this relationship is influenced by the children's age and gender and by the kindergarten in which they are educated (standard or ecologically oriented kindergarten). Key words phobias, specific phobias, animal phobias, biophobia, biophilia, pre-school child, kindergarten, zootherapy, environmental education, forest kindergarten, estrangement from nature
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Professional Training in the Canine Therapy
VLNÍČKOVÁ, Helena
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to map the training (possibilities of education, professional competence, knowledge, skills, competence) in the field of canine therapy in the Czech Republic and to propose requirements for the performance of the profession of canine therapist in social services. The first partial aim is to find out what are the current requirements for education and training in the field of canine therapy, which is provided in social services. The second partial aim is to define the profession of canine therapist and propose qualification requirements, requirements for education and supervision for the performance of the profession of canine therapist.The thesis is divided into two parts, the theoretical part and the practical one. The theoretical part contains two main chapters. The first chapter defines the concepts of canine therapy and requirements for providing canine therapy in social services. The second chapter of this section contains requirements for education and training in canine therapy. In the practical part there are two main research questions defined and two main research questions are defined for each main research question. The research was realized by qualitative research strategy, questioning method and semi-controlled interview technique. For the interviews there was prepared record sheet with questions divided into 4 circuits. The interviews were conducted with 10 canine therapists who provide canine therapy in social services. As the results of the research confirmed, the training of canine therapy teams is still fragmented. Various canine therapy associations have different requirements for training and testing canine therapeutic teams. Communication partners most often mentioned the requirement for a canine therapist's education to study the humanities. Most often canine therapists participate in supervision either in the canine therapy association or in the supervision within their profession. The results also showed that the canine therapist should be empathetic, flexible, adaptable and creative. From the skills, the canine therapists most often defined excellent communication skills, cynological skills and the ability to devise a program for the clients that will interest them. For the performance of canine therapy, the most frequently defined knowledge was in the field of social work, knowledge of the target group and its specific needs and perfectly know your dog. Canine therapists have also agreed on the need for experience from the helping profession. They believe that an umbrella organization could help to unify the rules. The bachelor thesis can be used for both the professional and general public. The results can be used for non-governmental non-profit organizations that are currently seeking to include a canine therapist between the profession and the occupation of the labour market.
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Phobia of animals in pre-school children
Kralertová, Michaela ; Jančaříková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Mazáčová, Nataša (referee)
The topic of this bachelor's thesis is animal phobias in pre-school children. In the theoretical part, general information about the topic is provided, including theoretical findings about phobias, the way animals influence children and children's estrangement from nature. The theoretical part also focuses on types of education available to prevent this problem. The practical part describes activities focusing on prevention of animal phobias (and fear) as well as on their identification and therapy. In the research part, general attitude of children to pre-selected animals is identified and certain tendencies in their popularity is revealed. An analysis is then performed to determine how this relationship is influenced by the children's age and gender and by the kindergarten in which they are educated (standard or ecologically oriented kindergarten). Key words phobias, specific phobias, animal phobias, biophobia, biophilia, pre-school child, kindergarten, zootherapy, environmental education, forest kindergarten, estrangement from nature
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Use of animal assisted therapy and hippotherapy for children with physical and sensory disabilities and its application
Jiroušková, Alžběta ; Jančaříková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Květoňová, Lea (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to determine the influence of assisted therapy of dogs and horses for people with musculoskeletal disabilities and sensory impairments. The operational objective is to define the status and position of a therapy with the assistance of a dog and a horse in the context of the complex rehabilitation of a client. The theoretical part concentrates on the issues of zootherapy and zooasistance as supportive methods for easing muscle spasms, the development of fine and gross motor skills, development of verbal and nonverbal communication and development of orientation in space. In the research part of the thesis there are used qualitative techniques of data collection (history and observation), all rounded off by grounded theory. By the carried out research there were found positive manifestations in both the social and psychological areas, as well as in the areas of communication and development of fine and gross motor skills of children with disabilities.
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Animal Assisted Activities at Children in Hospital
Jakubcová, Šárka ; Procházková, Jana (advisor) ; Valentová, Lidmila (referee)
The thesis titled "Use of animal assisted therapy for the hospitalized children" deals with the theoretical background of animal assisted therapy as a supporting method in complex rehabilitation and its practical use during the visits of volunteers with their dogs and its influence to the health of children in hospital care. In the available literature are often described the positive effects of the animal assisted therapy onto the mental and physical condition of the person, the impact on improving communication as well as other factors in the social life of the client. The main focuse of my work is whether these effects can be observed (noticed) even in the short term or even after a single visit of the dog. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, I have tried to describe this impact and possibly uncover additional benefits that can be attributed to the visits of the volunteers with a dog at pediatric hospital.
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The Dog as a Supporting Part in Caring for Different Target Groups of Clients
Pecharová, Marie ; Vodáčková, Daniela (advisor) ; Havránková, Olga (referee)
The theoretical part describes the history and theory in the zoo-rehabilitation and canis- rehabilitation, its use as a therapy to improve physical and mental health on specific examples in each of the health and social area. In the area of assistance dogs and introduces the history of the field, with the methodology of selecting an appropriate dog and its training for the disabled. For signal dogs describes the history, function as a guard dog health deterioration of the patient when a dog detects, for example. upcoming epileptic seizure, diabetic coma, etc. Deaf dog for his master's notes on the sounds, for which it is trained. In the use of the dog - the mediator shows the use of a different method of communication when the dog is a mediator between the client and the therapist. It is used in situations where they are unable to make contact with the client. In the research section analysed the answers of helping dogs to questions posed in the questionnaire, and evaluated their experience with them. The questionnaire was, together with an accompanying letter handed over to organizations carrying out training to assist dogs. These organizations also have sent my cover letter with the questionnaire to its clients, and the clients themselves have filled in questionnaires and returned...
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