Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Medicine and Health Sciences Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Speech Pathology and Audiology

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

UCARE Research Products

2020

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences

Similarities And Differences Of Equine Assisted Speech Therapy And Traditional Speech Therapy –A Retrospective Study, Anna Schulz, Kristy Weissling, Josie Zimmel Jan 2020

Similarities And Differences Of Equine Assisted Speech Therapy And Traditional Speech Therapy –A Retrospective Study, Anna Schulz, Kristy Weissling, Josie Zimmel

UCARE Research Products

Equine assisted speech therapy (EAST) utilizes horses for therapy while speech-language pathologists conduct the sessions (Thrall and Moser, 2015). Few studies show the effects EAST has on clients’ speech, communication, & language. This research study aims to identify strategies, progress, & objectives of EAST & traditional speech therapy (TST) to determine the similarities & differences of the therapies.