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Course code: BBS20088f12
Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Bases of Hipotherapy
Major: Biology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 0
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 10 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Maciej Dobrowolski
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 - defines the concept of hippotherapy, physical rehabilitation, physiotherapy [KB2_W04]; W2 - selects and describes the breed of horses suitable for hippotherapy [KB2_W04]; W3 - features the basic of the disease, which in hippotherapy is useful [KB2_W01_BC]. Skills: Student: U1 - selects hippotherapy horses suitable for children and adults [KB2_U02, KB2_U01_BC]; U2 - plans horses training for hippotherapeutical courses [KB2_U09]; U3 - equestrian center designs tailored for the needs of people with disabilities [KB2_U09].

Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 – is open and sensitive to the problems of people with disabilities [KB2_K09, K2B_K06]; K2 - aware of the possibility of the use of horses in the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities [KB2_K06].

Prerequisites: Horse breeding,

Course content: Basic concepts of rehabilitation, physiotherapy, forms of hippotherapy, kinds of security, horse training in hippotherapy, hippotherapy centers organization.

Recommended literature: 1. Bird J. 2002: Hodowla konia w zgodzie z naturą 2. Psychopedagogiczne aspekty hipoterapii dzieci i młodzieży niepełnosprawnych intelektualnie, pod red. Strumińskiej A., PWRiL 2003 3. Jeździectwo w rozwoju motorycznym i psychospołecznym osób niepełnosprawnych, Wyżnikiewicz-Nawracała A., wyd. ucz. AWFiS 2002 4. Neurofizjologiczna gimnastyka lecznicza na koniu, Straus I., Fundacja „Hipoterapia” 1996

Assessment methods: One written test and oral presentation.

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