Treatment by means of horses in children with emotional and behavioural disorders

Autor	Kristýna Lidmilová
Organisation	Univerzita Hradec Králové, Pedagogická fakulta, Ústav primární a preprimární edukace
Year	2014
Research type	master thesis
Annotation	The thesis aims to map out the range of activities using horses and capture their impact on the development of socialization, ie. Social skills and abilities, mental condition and behavior of children with emotional and behavioral disorders and the risk of these disorders. In the theoretical part they are characterized by notions of animal assisted therapy, hippotherapy, hippotherapy and mention the field of hippotherapy. Further, the author mentions the birth of a horse, a horse establishment of a relationship with a man and therapeutic effects of horses that led humans to create different hiporehabilitacnich organizations and centers. The practical part describes one tour activities with the use of horses, which were arranged in the form of nine meetings with the horses. They were attended by children with emotional and behavioral disorders and the risk of these disorders 9 to 13 years. In two case studies, summarizes the development of children during the program.
Keywords	equine assisted activities and therapies, equine facilitated mental health, children with emotional and behavioural disorders, natural horsemanship
Research type	qualitative
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Obor	AQ Security and health protection
Email	jan.valter@uhk.cz
Availability	available by the researcher
Organisation	Univerzita Hradec Králové, Pedagogická fakulta, Ústav primární a preprimární edukace
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