Dolphins and children with special needs
Water Planet's therapeutic programs
Option # 1
HARMONY PROGRAM
The emotional impact of a dolphin encounter in his own environment combined with expressive art, massage,
cranio-sacral therapy and music can be a beneficial experience for emotionally challenged and fragile
children.
We find that our "Harmony" program can help a wide variety of children: most spectra
of autism, manic depression, Rett Syndrome, Turrets Syndrome, ADHD, Down, hyperactivity, etc.
We can also help children with more general mental and emotional disorders or
difficulties in social adaptation and even children with terminal illnesses
(cystic fibrosis, cancer, leukemia, etc.)
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Option # 2
SERENITY PROGRAM
Introducing special needs children to dolphins in their natural environment.
Aquatic bodyworks, physical and occupational therapy with expressive arts used
as therapeuticaids.
This program caters to children with serious developmentaldelays,
physical and motor disabilities like cerebral palsy, Head and Spinal Cord Injury, Mitocondrial
Disorder. Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, Angelman's Syndrome and other disabilities, which
require mechanical interventions.
The specific therapeutic regimes are established by the
children's therapists and applied by specialists in PT, OT, MT with some new techniques like
cranio sacral therapy, WATSU and energy work. These activities, combined with the
expressive art and music workshops take place afternoons, after the dolphin encounter trips.
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TESTIMONIES
Testimonies of parents, who have brought their children to Water Planet for Harmony or Serenity.
ARTICLES
Read articles about the effects of dolphins on children with disabilities.
