Equinotherapy for Blind Children 2001

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Equinotherapy improves behaviors in blind children through therapeutic interaction with horses, enhancing overall development.
Nearly all children with special needs can participate, likely boosting self-esteem and communication skills.
This preliminary research includes children aged 5 to 12, with early indications of positive behavioral changes.
Equinotherapy encourages self-confidence, balance, and body awareness, highlighting its potential in therapeutic settings.

Abstract

We present here the preliminary results of research being conducted with blind children ranging from 5 to 12 years old, in order to evaluate the influence of Equinotherapy in their behaviours. In Equinotherapy we use the horse as a kinetic-therapeutic instrument following an interdisciplinary approach in the health, education and horsemanship areas, aiming the bio- psychosocial development of handicapped people or people with special needs. This therapeutic method can be practised by almost all people with a condition or handicap once it stimulates self-esteem, self confidence, balance, space orientation development, communication, laterality, as well as favouring the body scheme perception and the sensibility and promoting physical benefits.

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Carlos Henrique Silva H. B. Freire (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af66dfad7bf08b1eae6049 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.58862/tmek7146

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