Date of Last Revision
2023-05-02 14:17:13
Major
Interior Design
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2015
Abstract
Interdisciplinary studies have brought benefits to introducing new solutions to the traditional environment and traditional therapies. Sustainability in relation to design has been suggested in 2006, by the Center for Building Performance and Diagnostic (CBPD) at Carnegie Mellon University to incorporate daylight, solar, heat and ventilation of the natural environment combined with the innovations of current technologies (Whitmore, 2011). This paper will look at how sustainability plays a key role of benefits including those that are health associated with equine therapy design and its relationship to the patient, or end user. Interdisciplinary research in the therapeutic value of equine-human bonding in recovery from trauma, self-concept of adolescents with special needs such as autism as well as intervention with dementia patients.
Research Sponsor
Julie Whitmore
First Reader
Sue Kroll
Second Reader
Dr. Teena Jennings
Recommended Citation
Sinclair, Andria, "The Effects of Sustainability as a Positive Attribute on Equine Therapy Design: An Interdisciplinary Study" (2015). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 13.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/13
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