Dolphin Therapy


Dolphin Therapy  idea was first formulated in the 1960s by John Lilly, who studied communication between dolphins and people and suggested that dolphins could help improve communication between people.
In the 1970s, researchers began to analyze the interaction between dolphins and children with neurological impairment.
The procedure was developed by David Natanson, a clinical psychologist who conducted most of the existing DAT studies.
Natanson’s theory is that children with disabilities will pay more attention to appropriate environmental stimuli as a result of their desire to interact with dolphins (Nathanson, 1998).
Nathanson recommends using DAT as adjunctive therapy with more traditional therapeutic procedures (Nathanson, 1998).
However, most empirical studies of the effectiveness of DAT in the last decade have been conducted mainly by those who work with dolphin-oriented programs. (Humphries, 2003)

Who can benefit:
Studies and individual cases show that DAT can be beneficial:
• Depression • Learning difficulties • Autism spectrum disorders • Down syndrome • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Cancer • Other neurological, physical or psychological conditions
Program
DAT consists of defining the treatment goal for an individual child, such as performing a task for coarse or fine motor skills (for example, placing a ring on a peg) or forming linguistic behavior (for example, independently speaking a word). Materials present during the DAT session include rubber balls or rings to indicate motor reactions or flashcards that depict subjects for language responses. Children get orientation on the dock with dolphins, with the child and their therapist usually sitting on the edge of the dock, while the dolphin trainer controls the movements of the dolphin in the water. During orientation, children can touch or play with the dolphin from the pier, or identify specific dolphin behavior using manual signals. After orientation, children spend a series of therapeutic sessions during which they can interact with the dolphin from the dock or in the water after the correct motor, cognitive, or language response. After each an episode of reinforcement, the child and the therapist return to the therapeutic the task, often with increasing frequency and complexity of the correct answers necessary for the child to interact with the dolphin. (Humphries, 2003)
Research work Dolphinswimm Antalya
Humphries (Humphries, 2003) summarized studies to investigate the effectiveness of Dolphin Therapy  for children with disabilities aged six and younger.
Humphries found that while claims about the effectiveness of DAT are widely promoted as proven, the available research data do not conclusively support the claim that DAT is effective in improving the behavior of young children with disabilities.
In addition, the synthesis results do not confirm the view that user interactions with dolphins are more effective than other interventions to improve a child’s learning or socio-emotional development.

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