Friday, February 23, 2007
Dolphin therapy in the Florida Keys is popular with patients from Germany, England and Ireland
Update by Wally Dobelis
Dolphin-assisted therapy, considered as an alternative health care methodology in the US, has a number of adherents in Europe. Parents of autistic children bring their offspring to the Florida Keys for swimming and touch treatment with the assistance of dolphins, reporting improvements in the patients’ physical and mental development, as time progresses.
In 2007 the only dolphin-assisted medical-type care facility in the Keys appears to be Island Dolphin Care (305-451-5884), in Key Largo, at Mile Mar5ker 100, turning east (towards the ocean) at the traffic light into Ocean Bay Drive, then turning to 31 Corine Drive. The manager of this not-for profit organization is Deena Hoagland, and they share facilities and dolphins with Dolphin Plus, Inc (305-451-1995), who offer swimming with dolphins and other care services for special needs people.
The Dolphin Resesarch Center at MM 101 turning west (bayside) also offers swimming with dolphins, an option that is available at several dolphin show places , in Islamorada and further south in the Lower Keys.
Residential facilities by the week or month are available in condo colonies and motels, such as MoonBay Condominiums at MM104. For inquiries and reservations call Barbara Wodka, Key Largo Real Estate Sales and Rentals, 1-800-451-1050, or e-mail bwodka1@yahoo.com. Paste in your browser and open, for MoonBay and other ndo rentals, http://www.floridakeysrentalsandsales.com/VacationRentalsCondos.htm#Weekly%20Condos
To reach Wally Dobelis, e-mail wally@ix.netcom.com
Dolphin-assisted therapy, considered as an alternative health care methodology in the US, has a number of adherents in Europe. Parents of autistic children bring their offspring to the Florida Keys for swimming and touch treatment with the assistance of dolphins, reporting improvements in the patients’ physical and mental development, as time progresses.
In 2007 the only dolphin-assisted medical-type care facility in the Keys appears to be Island Dolphin Care (305-451-5884), in Key Largo, at Mile Mar5ker 100, turning east (towards the ocean) at the traffic light into Ocean Bay Drive, then turning to 31 Corine Drive. The manager of this not-for profit organization is Deena Hoagland, and they share facilities and dolphins with Dolphin Plus, Inc (305-451-1995), who offer swimming with dolphins and other care services for special needs people.
The Dolphin Resesarch Center at MM 101 turning west (bayside) also offers swimming with dolphins, an option that is available at several dolphin show places , in Islamorada and further south in the Lower Keys.
Residential facilities by the week or month are available in condo colonies and motels, such as MoonBay Condominiums at MM104. For inquiries and reservations call Barbara Wodka, Key Largo Real Estate Sales and Rentals, 1-800-451-1050, or e-mail bwodka1@yahoo.com. Paste in your browser and open, for MoonBay and other ndo rentals, http://www.floridakeysrentalsandsales.com/VacationRentalsCondos.htm#Weekly%20Condos
To reach Wally Dobelis, e-mail wally@ix.netcom.com
# posted by Wally Dobelis @ 8:02 AM 
