DOLPHIN ASSISTED THERAPY: INNOVATIVE LEARNING FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

B. Kreivinienė, J. Perttula
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In this article the dolphin assisted therapy is presented as an innovative method of learning for children with disabilities. The historical overview of dolphin assisted therapy is introduced. Currently it has received the legal recognition in Lithuania and expanded to family-centered programs. Newly developed dolphin assisted therapy program can be integrated into the education process of the child with disabilities as well as the whole family system. The aim of this article, then, is to focus on the dolphin assisted therapy as the classic form of animal assisted therapy, and to analyse how the dolphin assisted therapy has gained its current status as an innovative learning method for children with disabilities and their family members in Lithuanian society. Research methods . Qualitative research was conducted with content analysis. Ten families raising children with cerebral palsy participated in the research. The research results brought to the light that educational sphere supports families’ wishes to visit dolphin assisted therapy, educators highlight the experiental aspect of the whole family. The research results are important for constructing the collaborative joints of educational sphere and dolphin assisted therapy. KEYWORDS: learning with animals, dolphin assisted therapy, children with disabilities. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/atee.v1i0.666
海豚辅助疗法:残疾儿童的创新学习
在这篇文章中,海豚辅助疗法是为残疾儿童提供的一种创新的学习方法。介绍了海豚辅助治疗的历史概况。目前,它已在立陶宛获得法律认可,并扩大到以家庭为中心的项目。新开发的海豚辅助治疗项目可以融入残疾儿童的教育过程,也可以融入整个家庭系统。因此,本文的目的是关注海豚辅助治疗作为动物辅助治疗的经典形式,并分析海豚辅助治疗如何在立陶宛社会中成为残疾儿童及其家庭成员的一种创新学习方法。研究方法。质性研究以内容分析为主。10个养育脑瘫儿童的家庭参与了这项研究。研究结果表明,教育领域支持家庭访问海豚辅助治疗的愿望,教育工作者强调整个家庭的实验方面。研究结果对构建教育领域与海豚辅助治疗的协同关节具有重要意义。关键词:动物学习,海豚辅助治疗,残疾儿童。DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/atee.v1i0.666
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