The effect of equine-assisted therapy on visual-motor integration in adolescent autism spectrum disorders
Issued Date
2015-03
Resource Type
Language
eng
ISSN
2187-4743
Rights
Mahidol University
Rights Holder(s)
iafor
Suggested Citation
Paranan Chorachit, Panadda Thanasetkorn, Nootchanart Ruksi, Kannika Permpoonputtana, Vasunun Chumchua (2015). The effect of equine-assisted therapy on visual-motor integration in adolescent autism spectrum disorders. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/43879
Title
The effect of equine-assisted therapy on visual-motor integration in adolescent autism spectrum disorders
Abstract
The goal of the present study was to examine the effect of equine-assisted therapy (EAT) on visual-motor integration (VMI) in adolescent autism spectrum disorders (ASD). EAT was applied to eleven-year-old boy with ASD. The boy was attending in Cognitive Neuroscience Research unit of Human Development Academic Research, Mahidol University. The EAT sessions took place for twice a week in a period of four weeks. The boy’s assessments were conducted in the baseline, middle, and end of four weeks’ treatment and in a follow-up session one month after. Data at fourth week
demonstrated positive changes, with improvements continuing one month after the
session’s completion, as measured by Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI). The improvement reported was in visual perception, motor coordination and visual-motor coordination. Interestingly, The EAT is not only be an efficient therapeutic
method of improving visual-motor integration, but also promote a positive effect on perceived communication, planning, memory, and reducing self-stimulatory
behaviours, all of which may lead to elevate attention in classroom in children with
ASD. Therefore, the beneficial of EAT showed the positive effect promising trend
and suggest that to be considered as an alternative implement therapeutic for ASD.
Description
The Asian Conference on Psychology the Behavioral Sciences 2015 (pp. 509-516). Japan.