Kiev
The prices for the course of the dolphin therapy in Kiev city Dolphinarium Nemo are reduced by 25% (from November to February, 2010 - 2011.) Classes are held in the indoor heated pool. To get more information and to book a course of dolphin therapy, please, contact us:
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Dolphin therapy in Kiev Dolphinarium Nemo
Dolphin therapy is a complex, nonspecific treatment, a method of correction and prevention of a wide range of psycho-emotional and psychosomatic problems of various origins. Its a unique and at the same time, natural method which is available for a wide range of patients who suffer from various diseases, and who are actually healthy. Specialists in Kiev Dolphinarium Nemo have developed a unique program that enables to integrate a complex approach to the treatment and prevention of diseases, using elements of play therapy, art therapy, holding therapy, behavioral and social-cognitive therapy with maximum efficiency and effectiveness of the treatment course.
Dolphin therapy helps to deal with the following tasks:
- Correction of maladaptive emotional and behavioral manifestations.
- The development of speech and psychomotor functions.
- Correction of mental development for people with diseases of the nervous system.
- Reduction of neurological and vegetative-vascular reactions.
- Removal of chronic pain.
- Facilitation of psychosomatic disorders.
- Reduction of involuntary movements, tics and spasms.
- Psychological rehabilitation of people exposed to trauma, violence and other stressful situations (including PTSD).
- Rehabilitation and Prevention for children and adults from regions of unfavorable ecological situations.
- Development of social skills.
- Leisure and relaxation for children and adults.
Indications for dolphin therapy:
- Cerebral Palsy
- Infantile Autism
- Minimal brain dysfunction.
- Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
- Down syndrome.
- Delay in mental and psychoverbal development.
- Behavioral Disorders.
- Neuroses and logoneurosis of different genesis.
- Psychosomatic disorders.
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
- Chronic diseases of the musculoskeletal system and cardiovascular system.
The main component of Curative effects of dolphin therapy is the psychological effect of human interaction with animals. As a positive emotional stimuli dolphins stimulate the development of emotional, communicative and cognitive functions of people, promote social skills. The physiological effects include dolphin sonophoresis (ultrasound exposure at the cellular level) and thalassotherapy ( physiological effects of swimming which normalize the work of body systems and organs of the human body).
REPORT OF THE KIEV INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE ANIMAL THERAPY IN THE REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Kiev interdisciplinary scientific practical conference Animal therapy in the rehabilitation of children with special needs was held on April 19 in Kiev City Dolphinarium Nemo
The event was supported by the Kiev Medical University, National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education named after Dr. P. L. Shupyk, University named after Dr. Jan Comenius (Bratislava, Slovakia), Institute of Correctional Pedagogy and Psychology named after Mr. M. P. Dragomanov, Institute of Psychology named after Mr. G. S. Kostyuk , the International Academy of Ecology (IEA), Institute of Correctional Pedagogy and Psychology NPU named after Mr.. Dragomanov Slavic sensible State University, Kiev City Maternity Hospital 5, Odessa National University named after Mr.Mechnikov, the union of Dolphinariums Nemo (Kiev - Odessa - Kharkov - Donetsk).
The reports of Mrs Chuprikova, Mr Popovsky, Mr. Morgunov,Mrs Wasilewska, Mr Sorokn,
Mrs Kusnirskaya,Mrs Ovsyanikova, Mrs Navrotskaya, Mrs Igrunova,Mr Shpatakovskoy presented ideas on the development of animal therapy, and dolphin therapy in particular, nowadays and the prospects for their development. Various aspects of animal therapy were highlighted and its place in an integrated system of rehabilitation of children was defined.
Among the topics of the scientific part of the conference there were the following:
Dolphin therapy: history, development and future. The analysis of the dolphin therapy as an unconventional method of psychological correction and psychorehabilitation was provided. A brief history of the dolphin therapy, the main routes and directions of its development were highlighted. Particular attention was concentrated on contemporary issues of the method and its future development.
Animal therapy is in the comprehensive care of children with special needs. Animal therapy and its development in conditions of modernity; the effectiveness of psycho-correction and psychological care for children with special needs using alternative methods; problems of animal therapy, its advantages and prospects.
Psychological problems of families where there are children with autism.
Psychological aspects of dolphin therapy. Theoretical and methodological analysis of the modern dolphin therapy. The main ways and the prospects for its implementation have been described. Particular emphasis is placed on the psychological aspects of the use of the method, theoretical and empirical data that substantiate the dolphin therapy as a method of comprehensive psychological services for people with special needs.
The usage of elements of gymnastics in the dolphin therapy.
Development of communicative spheres for children with special needs in the dolphin therapy.
Medical aspect of normalisation of psychosomatic state of children with special needs within the dolphin therapy.
Place of the dolphin therapy in the complex correction for children with organic lesion of the CNS.
Modern perinatal psychology and the possibilities of the dolphin therapy.
Prevention of perinatal pathological processes of the fetus. Expediency and efficiency of using the dolphin therapy in the system of measures aimed at improving the mental and emotional status of pregnant women. Psychosomatic and physiological mechanisms of the dolphin therapy are actualized and their effect on pregnancy is being studied.
The psychology of animals and the usage of physiological and mental characteristics of animals (for example dolphins) are used to help children with special needs.
Modern horse therapy.
In addition to the presentations, the practical part of the conference was held. Demonstration session of dolphin therapy was held with the participation of apparently healthy children. The session included almost all items of gymnastics, games, art, and behavioral therapy used in the framework of the dolphin therapy by experts of Dolphinarium Nemo. All the session was being commented, the aim for each phase of work was set, the expected results and performance criteria for psychocorrectional works were described.
About 700 people attended the conference. Among them there were guests from Odessa, Kiev, Nikolayev, Donetsk, Kharkov, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladivostok. Teachers and students, employees of public and private rehabilitation centers for children, parents of children with special needs, professionals working in the field of rehabilitation and psychological correction, staff and managers of pre-school educational institutions, representatives of charities and medical facilities were present at the conference as well. Among the media representatives there were journalists from television, newspapers and Internet resources in Ukraine.
