The Role of Animals in Autism Therapy

Year 2017, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 163 - 167, 25.12.2017

Bülent Elitok

Abstract

It has been scientifically proven that contact with animals leads to the development of physiological, psychological and social responses at all ages, from children to adults. As a result, Social and behavioral patho-psychology, the treatment with animals has grown all over the world and has started to be widely used. For this purpose, horses, dolphins and dogs are the most common animals used today in the treatment of autism and similar disorders. Treatment with these animals increases social interaction and communication in autistic children, while behavior problems, autistic excess and stress reduction are encouraging animals to use more widely and effectively in the treatment of autism and mental illnesses.

Keywords

Animal, autism, dolphin, horse, pet, therapy

Otizmin Tedavisinde Hayvanların Rolü

Abstract

Hayvanlarla
temasın çocuklardan yetişkinlere kadar her yaşta fizyolojik, psikolojik ve
sosyal tepkilerin gelişmesine yol açtığı bilimsel olarak kanıtlanmıştır. Bunun
sonucu olarak; sosyal ve davranış pato-psikolojisi ile seyreden otizmin
tedavisinde de, hayvanlarla tedavi tüm dünyada çığ gibi büyümeye ve yaygın
olarak kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Bu amaçla günümüzde otizm ve benzeri
bozuklukların tedavilerinde en yaygın kullanılan hayvanların başında at, yunus
ve köpekler gelmektedir. Bu hayvanlarla tedavinin otistik çocuklarda toplumsal
etkileşim ve iletişimi artırması, buna karşılık davranış problemleri, otistik
aşırılık ve stresi azaltması hayvanların otizm ve mental hastalıkların
tedavisinde daha yaygın ve etkili kullanılmasını teşvik edici niteliktedir.

Keywords

At, hayvan, otizim, pet, tedavi, yunus

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