Poticanje dječjeg razvoja uz terapijskog psa: prikaz slučaja
Fostering child development with therapeutic dog: Case study

Summary/Abstract: During the last 20 years research and implementation of programs with service dogs in education, therapies and other process experienced intensive development. Croatian Guide Dog and Mobility Association is implementing a program of including therapy dogs in families of children with disability. In children with cerebral palsy additional difficulties are often present, such as problems with sense, perception, cognition, communication and behaviour, epilepsy, and secondary muscular skeletal problems. In this work we describe the impact of the inclusion of therapy dog on the development of various aspects of the development of the boys - twins with cerebral palsy, through longitudinal tracking of development since 2008 – 2011, ie. from the period of pre-school to primary school.

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