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Bachelor thesis surveys of the zootherapy effect as prevention of risky behavior. It evaluates the methods of zootherapy in form of participant observation and semi-structured to unstructured interviews and its potential use for different types of clients. The theoretical part deals with zootherapy as a discipline built on human-animal interaction. The thesis explains the term attentionis Egense, the Latin term describes the need for attention to basic emotional level as a prerequisite for successful social interaction. It is about differentiation of the problem behavior from normal need of attention. The aim of this thesis is to collect the opinions on zootherapy of canistherapists, clients, family members of disabled clients and own breeders. The views of canistherapist and client complement each other and contribute to the evaluation of the benefits of zootherapy. |
