Horticultural Therapyacademically accredited expert for Horticultural Therapy
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Horticultural Therapy uses the benefits of nature to improve the psychological and physiological wellbeing of humans. Medical reasons (e.g. disabilities, dementia, Alzheimer`s disease) as well as socially related diseases (e.g. depression, trauma) are showing the need for new additional therapeutic treatments.
Healthcare Institutions are dealing with economic pressure therefore; new models of action have to be created to ensure a healthy work environment.
Healthcare Institutions are dealing with economic pressure therefore; new models of action have to be created to ensure a healthy work environment.
| Target group | Target Group: Individuals that have already some experience with Horticultural Therapy in their existing jobs or are interested in the filed due to their pervious career as well as in therapeutic garden design |
| Language | Deutsch |
| Start | 21./22.11.2009 |
| Certificate | academically accredited expert for Horticultural Therapy |
| Duration | 4 semesters, parttime (17 weekends) |
| Course fee | € 7.000,-- (including examination fees) |
| Organizer |
Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Department for Health Sciences and Biomedicine Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpädagogik Wien |
| Contact |
Sabine Pichler Phone: +43 (0)2732 893-2691, Fax: +43 (0)2732 893-4000 E-Mail: sabine.pichler@donau-uni.ac.at |
| Horticultural Therapy is adding many benefits to state of the art care, therapy and rehabilitation such as: decrease the time in rehabilitation economic benefits for Health Care Institutions reduce depressions, apathy and negativism prevention of injuries (such as spine injuries) adds to occupational activities psychological motivation and stimulation for interpersonal relationships connects work environment with the benefits of gardening, increase of life-work balance decrease the number of staff away sickness and fluctuation improvement of the social interaction between cultures and professional guilds Horticultural Therapy works with the close relationship between Humans and Nature. Horticultural Therapy can be practiced alone or be integrated within other therapies. Horticultural Therapy has a big variety of adjustment possibilities. Horticultural Therapy is a holistic and interdisciplinary approach. |
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