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Ukrainian Children Get Therapy Help from Dogs

时间:2022-12-20 01:49来源:互联网 提供网友:nan   字体: [ ]
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Ukrainian Children Get Therapy Help from Dogs

Mental health experts in Ukraine are using therapy dogs to help children deal with the harmful effects of the country's war with Russia.

The therapy is carried out at the Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation1. It operates in the city of Boyarka, about 20 kilometers southwest of the capital, Kiev.

The government-run community center is currently helping2 people who have experienced traumatic experiences during the war. Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine in February.

In the past, psychologists at the center have used horses to carry out therapy with individuals. Dog therapy was recently added to the offerings.

A reporter from The Associated Press recently met with a group of children who received dog therapy at the center. The dog who took part was an 8-year-old American pit bull terrier named Bice.

Bice was kept outside a room where about 12 children were seated around a table. The children listened to psychologist Oksana Sliepova. "Who has a dog?" she asked the group. The space quickly filled with shouts of "Me, me, me!"

One young man said his dog was named Stitch. Another child announced he had a total of five dogs. But he said he could not remember all their names. This drew laughter from the group.

As the children waited to meet Bice, the setting looked very similar to a school classroom. But members of this group have personal war stories to tell.

Some witnessed Russian soldiers invading their hometowns and beating family members. Others are the sons, daughters, brothers or sisters of soldiers who are on the front lines or who were killed during the war.

When the time finally came for the youngsters to meet Bice, they could not contain their excitement. The children smiled and their faces lit up when the door opened and the dog ran into the room.

Darina Kokozei is Bice's owner and trainer. She asked the children to come over one by one to say hello. Bice performed several tricks on command. The group then formed a group hug with the therapy animal. For more than 30 minutes, Bice let everybody touch and hug him, without ever barking.

It was the first time Sliepova had worked with a dog as part of her therapy work. She said she had researched the method and learned that working with dog "rehabilitators" can help children reduce anxiety and deal with traumatic experiences.

Sliepova observed how some children were afraid of loud noises, such as a window closing or the sound of an airplane. After hearing noises, some members of the group dropped to the floor or started asking whether a bomb shelter was close by.

Among the children were a brother and sister from Kupyansk, a city in the eastern area of Kharkiv. Sliepova said the children had witnessed Russian soldiers breaking into their home. The troops, armed with machine guns, took hold of their grandfather, then put a bag on his head and beat him.

"Each child is psychologically traumatized in different ways," Sliepova said.

When Bices's owner was asked to identify the best message the dog can give the children, she answered: "Freedom." She added, "Freedom from problems, and happiness."

Words in This Story

therapy – n. the work of treating mental or physical sickness

psychological – adj. relating to the human mind and feelings

traumatic – adj. shocking, worrying or harmful

hug – v. to put your arms around someone and hold them tightly

bark – n. the sound a dog makes to express emotions or desires

rehabilitate3 – n. to help someone live a normal life again after experiencing a serious sickness

anxiety – n. the feeling of being very worried


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1 rehabilitation 8Vcxv     
n.康复,悔过自新,修复,复兴,复职,复位
参考例句:
  • He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
  • No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
2 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
3 rehabilitate 2B4zy     
vt.改造(罪犯),修复;vi.复兴,(罪犯)经受改造
参考例句:
  • There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.没有资金修复那座塔。
  • He used exercise programmes to rehabilitate the patients.他采用体育锻炼疗法使患者恢复健康。
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