Horse Assisted Therapy Activities Analysis

There are multiple types of activities that fulfill the purpose of the modality, for example: canine assisted therapy it fits under the modality and fulfill its purpose because being around dogs and playing with them has shown increase in physical activity, relives depression and anxiety, decreases stress and much more. The second one would be elephant assisted therapy, which fits under the modality and fulfill its purpose because it helps kids overcome disabilities by developing skills and behaviors. The third therapy is horse assisted therapy, and it fits under the modality and fulfill its purpose because people who have any kind of disability they can benefit from the therapeutic riding such as muscle tone, coordination, stiffness, etc. Also their is rabbit assisted therapy, and it fits under the modality and fulfill its purpose because they are social, soothing to watch and
This domain is divided four different aspects such as: physical, social, cognitive, and affective aspects. In the physical domain this activity requires use of your complete body plus your touch, hearing, and sight. On the social aspects it fell under the intragroup category which is an action of cooperative nature by two or more persons intent upon reaching a mutual goal and the action requires positive verbal or nonverbal interaction. Besides that it showed the physical and communication levels within the activity. Moving on the the cognitive aspects it showed how the activity requires neutral understanding of rules, strategy degree, and amount of rules. Also how the high this activity requires short and long term memory. And lastly, the affective aspect showed how the activity can help the client show emotions as joy, guilt, pain, anger, fear, and frustration. Overall the activity shows a high score for joy, neutral for fear and frustration, and low score for guilt, pain, and