Course: Animal-Assisted Therapy

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Course title Animal-Assisted Therapy
Course code KVV/ANIMO
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šándorová Zdenka, PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities, Demonstration, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama), Řízená praxe
  • Contact teaching - 12 hours per semester
  • Excursion - 6 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 12 hours per semester
  • Writing a seminar paper - 12 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 4 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 14 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students of the bachelor's programme of Humanities with a comprehensive overview of the broad possibilities in the application of therapeutic ability of domestic animals to stimulate social and emotional communication in domestic and residential settings across all age categories for persons with different health diagnoses.
Learners will be oriented in the issue of animoterapie in the range of the syllabus and will be able to apply the acquired skills in practice.
Prerequisites
The Student has the prerequisites for the orientation in the issue according to the content of the course.
KVV/BUPSA
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KVV/BUPSY

Assessment methods and criteria
Work-related product analysis, Discussion, Student portfolio analysis, Self project defence, Presentation

Prepare a presentation on a selected topic from the field of animoterapie.
Recommended literature
  • GALAJDOVÁ, Lenka. Pes lékařem lidské duše aneb Canisterapie. Praha: Grada, 1999. ISBN 80-716-9789-3.
  • CHERANAKOVÁ McELROYOVÁ, S. Zvířata jako učitelé a léčitelé. Chvojkovo nakl., 1999.
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Stanislav. Základy psychoterapie. Praha: Portál, 2006. ISBN 80-736-7122-0.
  • LIPPERTOVÁ-GRÜNEROVÁ, Marcela. Neurorehabilitace. Praha: Galén, 2005. ISBN 80-726-2317-6.
  • NERANDŽIČ, Zoran. Animoterapie, aneb, Jak nás zvířata léčí: praktický průvodce pro veřejnost, pedagogy i pracovníky zdravotnických zařízení a sociálních ústavů. Praha: Albatros, 2006. ISBN 80-000-1809-8.
  • VELEMÍNSKÝ, Miloš. Zooterapie ve světle objektivních poznatků. České Budějovice: Dona, 2007. ISBN 978-807-3221-096.
  • Vymětal, Jan. Úvod do psychoterapie. Praha: Grada, 2003. ISBN 80-247-0253-3.


Study plans that include the course
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