The therapy was very, very successful for Johannes! He was able to improve significantly once again in all areas. His focus improved, he refined his gross and fine motor skills, his stubbornness decreased, speech comprehension improved, he is able to convert verbal information significantly faster, and he tries more and more to apply the words that he learnt.
He was also able to perfect the numbers and colors. Read the rest of this entry »
We were there!!!! The journey to Turkey was very exciting for us because both kids hadn’t flown on a plane before. Thank God everything worked out without problems.
On the first day we had the meeting with our dolphin-therapist Barbara. She explained which therapies would be executed. There were three therapies, physical therapy, cranio-sacral therapy and of course Luke’s dolphin lady „Daisy“. Read the rest of this entry »
This was the fifth dolphin therapy for Stefan already. Stefan had meningitis and since then has had problems with concentration, communication and combination. Luckily for us, he has always been very ambitious and participated in every therapy. He especially liked the dolphin therapies of course. We noticed every time after about half a year that he made improvements, especially in combination like for example in math.
The therapy was planned great, the therapists and trainers were very nice and welcoming, the interaction with the animals as well. The combination with other therapies like craniosacral was also great, as well as the fact that we didn’t have to drive anywhere for them but everything was accessible from the hotel by foot.
It is unfortunate that this therapy is not recognized as such and that health insurance does not cover it at all. For Stefan, only these therapies as well as hippotherapy were successful because he was branded as autistic by school medicine, and there is nothing to help and as parents of such a child you are forced to either accept that or look for help yourself, and you can see that it was successful.
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„Hallelujah“ from Antonia from Voerde. We now have the green light to visit you again in 2014. We are all looking forward to it.
A lot has happened with us. Antonia is continuing to develop and surprises us with things that we didn’t think possible. Her vocabulary is growing and growing and she is partially able to request her needs.
6-12 big tonic seizures, with overflexion, sometimes held breath, sometimes aftertrembling, aftermunching/chewing and 2-6 focal eye-rollings, turn head, contort face, sometimes partial stiffness / contortion of the body per day
Medication: Phenobarbital, Epivit (vitamin complex), Ipechuana and other homeopathic medications when necessary.
Short-term reaction on site already after first therapy. She looks at Sandra more and more after Sandra calls “Nele”, to the left! and reacts to suggestions “do you want to drink?”
It has been some time now since we took the dolphin therapy. It was again a very beautiful, interesting and successful, but also an exhausting time. We will gladly return again and again.
This time our main goal was speech and concentration. Barbara intensively practiced speech with Sandra, and she always had to express herself verbally. The result was that our daughter now tries much more to communicate verbally. Also, her vocabulary has increased enormously. Read the rest of this entry »
Our daughter (7 and diagnosed with Rett Syndrome) grew in alertness, eye contact, disposition, ability to sit up straight (posture)/core strength and her right foot became far more flexible, rather than turning inwards and being quite rigid. Improvements were unlikely to be profound but a small improvement (that we could build upon) was seen.
Our son (4) was encouraged to have a couple of sessions with the dolphins and all sessions of hippotherapy in the Turkish mountains. We believe both these therapies contributed to a PROFOUND change in him: he transformed from a hesitant, anxious and at times quite insular boy (apparently classic symptoms of a younger sibling of a disabled child) to a lively, talkative, imaginative, engaged, inquisitive young lad whose progress has been praised at school – a fantastic ‘by-product’ of a trip that we thought essentially focused on our daughter’s well-being.
At the outset, the team at Marmaris stated that this period was not just focused on our daughter – they aimed to help the whole family, whilst working with her. The COMBINATION of therapies and wide-focus across the family allowed ‘change’ to take place…some small progress, some considerable. This is a worthy experience for any child with difficulties and their respective family – especially younger siblings.
Family from the UK; visit during April 2012
Hello Everyone, I wanted to send you more videos when we got back home.
We have been back since Friday, we are overjoyed because we can really see how Timo develops with every new day. On the last day there were cuddly dolphins for the kiddies, (thanks once again to the team for that) and what can I say: Timo actually said “Daisy”, he hasn’t repeated it but it gave us soooo much hope.
It was a wonderful time we spent with the team of the Dolphin Therapy Centre in Marmaris, a superb Team, one that really works with heart and soul. Many thanks once again.
Last year from 04. June 2012 in Marmaris we began our Dolphin Therapy. Our expectations were exceeded by far. The planning was super, and we were welcomed at the Hotel in Marmaris almost on arrival. We were very happy about that.
The whole fourteen days we felt well cared-for. The therapists are very friendly and every day at Dolphin Therapy was a great experience. Read the rest of this entry »
My brother had dolphin therapy at your centre in june and he is a totally different child. Both him and my mum met the dolphin while me and a friend swam. I can honestly say it was the best thing in my life and we will definitely be doing it again next year. Thank you so much.
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