Autism resources are limited in Ecuador, making it difficult for people to receive effective therapy. Kawallu Hippotherapy Center provides hippotherapy treatment to clients with different emotional, mental, and physical disorders. We worked with Kawallu to recommend features for their hippotherapy arena and multisensory environment (MSE) for the treatment of clients with autism. Through interviews with hippotherapy and MSE experts, we determined critical features to incorporate into these spaces. We analyzed the data and researched 20 features to incorporate at Kawallu. We presented Kawallu with a guidebook containing three options for each feature varying in price and quality to best suit the needs of clients with autism.

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Creator

• Jones, Sarah J.
• Mulloy, Brianna N.
• Henriques, Brittany
• Foley, Braden W.

Subject

• Health
• Learning
• Community
• Well-Being
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031821-120849
• 5986

Stichwort

• MSE
• ASD
• autism spectrum disorder
• horse
• multisensory environment
• hippotherapy

Advisor

• Miller, Fabienne
• Elgert, Laureen

Year

• 2021

Center

• Cuenca, Ecuador Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Kawallu Centro de Hipoterapia

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 4 - Quality Education

Date created

• 2021-03-18

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Zuletzt geändert

• 2021-05-03