Research approaches and peculiarities of therapeutic riding

Terapijsko jahanje specifičan je oblik terapije namijenjen osobama s posebnim potrebama, a provodi se pomoću konja. Osnovni je cilj ove terapije poboljšanje kvalitete življenje osoba s teškoćama koje se očituje na fizičkom, emocionalnom i socijalnom planu osobnosti. Program terapijskog jahanja počeo se razvijati sredinom '90-ih godina u Republici Hrvatskoj, paralelno u Zagrebu i Osijeku. Danas se program terapijskog jahanja provodi u nekoliko desetaka udruga i klubova u Hrvatskoj. Cilj je ovog diplomskog rada prikazati rezultate učinka terapijskog jahanja na socijalni, rehabilitacijski i medicinski razvoj djeteta s teškoćama u razvoju. U radu će se pokušati prikazati stanje terapijskog jahanja u udrugama u Republici Hrvatskoj na temelju prikupljenih podataka, njegove učinke, nedostatke te predložiti rješenja.Therapeutic riding is a specific form of therapy intended for people with special needs. It is carried out with the help of horses. The main goal of this therapy is to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, which is manifested on the physical, emotional, and social level of personality. The therapeutic riding program began to develop in the mid-1990s in the Republic of Croatia, in parallel in Zagreb and in Osijek. Today, the therapeutic riding program is implemented in several dozen associations and clubs in Croatia. The aim of this master thesis is to present the results of the effect of therapeutic riding on the social, rehabilitation and medical development of a child with developmental disabilities. The thesis will try to present the state of therapeutic riding in associations in the Republic of Croatia based on collected data, its effects, shortcomings and suggest solutions