TERAPIA ASSISTIDA POR ANIMAIS À CRIANÇAS COM NECESSIDADES ESPECIAIS DE ATENÇÃO

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.00919130615

• Palavras-chave: Equitação. Equoterapia. Psicopedagogia. Crianças com necessidades especiais. Terapia assistida por animais.

• Keywords: Horse riding. Equine therapy. Psychopedagogy. Children with special needs. Animal assisted therapy.

• Abstract:

  Although most horse work is

  targeted at children with special needs, this

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  animal can be an important ally in the teaching-learning process, including and especially

  in cases where learners have learning difficulties. In children with dyslexia, dysgraphia,

  dysortography, Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity, among other problems, it

  was possible to be successful in the treatment to improve their overall development, with

  intellectual, emotional and motor progress. The therapist must assess and organize the

  conditions for this process to aid in school learning in order to identify the barriers and

  tools that will facilitate this learning. In practice, there are challenges ranging from the

  diagnostic approach of educational problems to the implantation of new tools to work the

  difficulties of learners and facilitating tools for the process are welcome. Riding, within

  animal assisted therapies (TAA), may be one of these facilitating tools. The objective

  of this article is to present the interaction between therapists, psychopedagogues and

  riding as an instrument to minimize learning difficulties in children with special attention

  needs.

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