Abstract
The subject of this article is to present the importance of hortitherapy in working with children with moderate intellectual disability. Hortitherapy is a newsupportive method in Poland. The Polish name of hortitherapy is garden therapy, i.e. a method of treatment with the use of plant gardens. Its application is very wide because it concerns a wide variety of diseases, mental disorders and disabilities. The article also deals with the pedagogical and psychological characteristics of moderate intellectual disability. Disability criteria according to the DSM-5 classification are given. The third part of the article concerns the application of the theoretical assumptions of hortiotherapy to specific therapeutic work with children with moderate intellectual disabilities. The proposed method relates to the physical, social, emotional and cognitive spheres.
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