Our Patients

List of Diagnoses

We have had the privilege of working with so many amazing patients and their loved ones, each of whom have touch our lives in many inspirational ways. We are also proud to have hosted a long list of scientific researchers at our facility through the years and are home to some of the foremost therapists in their fields of study. Because of our wealth of expertise in so many facets of dolphin therapy, the CDTC offers therapy for an extensive list of special needs and psychological conditions.

Here are just some of the areas in which we can help, but not limited to:

Genetic / Chromosomal Disorders

  • Achondroplasia
  • Angelman syndrome
  • Chromosomal ring
  • Coffin-Siris syndrome
  • Cornelia de Lange syndrome
  • Costello syndrome
  • Cri du chat syndrome
  • Down syndrome
  • Drash syndrome
  • Dubowitz syndrome
  • Fragile X syndrome
  • Joubert syndrome
  • Kabuki syndrome
  • Kleefstra syndrome
  • Landau-Kleffner syndrome
  • Leigh syndrome
  • Marshall-Smith syndrome
  • Monosomy 11 / Canavan's disease (or metachromatic leukodystrophy)
  • Mosaic trisomy 13
  • Mowat-Wilson syndrome
  • Noonan syndrome
  • Ondine syndrome (Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome)
  • Phelan-McDermid syndrome
  • Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
  • Smith-Magenis syndrome
  • Sotos syndrome
  • TLK2 syndrome
  • Trisomy 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 18, 22

Trauma / Accidents / Oxygen-Related Disorders

  • Craniocerebral trauma
  • Stroke
  • Shaking trauma
  • Waking coma

Miscellaneous / Other Rare Syndromes

  • Holoprosencephaly
  • Lou Gehrig's syndrome (ALS)
  • Louis-Bar syndrome
  • Moebius syndrome
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Prader-Willi syndrome
  • Proteus syndrome

Neurological / Developmental Disorders

  • Agenesis of the corpus callosum
  • Anoxia / Hypoxia / Hypoxemia
  • Aphasia
  • Apallic syndrome
  • Apraxia
  • Ataxia
  • Auditory processing disorder
  • Attention deficit disorder
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Cerebral atrophy
  • Cerebral diplegia
  • Cerebral hyperplasia
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Developmental delay / mutism
  • Dysarthria
  • Dysphasia
  • Dyspraxia
  • Dystonia
  • Encephalitis
  • Encephalopathy
  • Lennox syndrome
  • Locked-in syndrome
  • Neuromotor dysfunctions
  • Neuronal migration defect
  • Optic atrophy
  • Organic brain atrophy / Brain syndrome
  • Periventricular leukomalacia
  • Pierre-Robin syndrome
  • Rett syndrome
  • Spastic diplegia
  • Spastic paralysis
  • Quadriplegia
  • Speech disorder / delay
  • Tetraparesis
  • Triplegia
  • Tuberous sclerosis

Muscular / Movement Disorders

  • Arthrogryposis
  • Degenerative muscle disease
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Dystrophy
  • Muscular atrophy
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Myotonic dystrophy

Psychiatric / Behavioral Disorders

  • Depression
  • Elective mutism
  • Behavioral disorder
  • Manic depression
  • Tourette syndrome
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Sensory Disorders

  • Blindness
  • Hearing problems
  • Tactile defense
  • Sensory integration disorder

Cardiovascular / Heart Disorders

  • Heart defect
  • Ventricular hypertrophy
  • Hypotension

Immune / Metabolic / Infectious Disorders

  • Asthma
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Cytomegalovirus infection
  • Hemangioma
  • Hurler syndrome
  • Juvenile encephalitis
  • Lupus
  • Myalgic encephalitis
  • Scleroderma

Cancer / Tumors / Hematological Disorders

  • Brain tumor
  • Cancer (general)
  • Hodgkin's disease
  • Ewing's sarcoma
  • Leukemia
  • Leukodystrophy

Extracted Rare Syndromes (Alphabetical Order)

  • Achondroplasia
  • ADNP syndrome (Helsmoortel–Van der Aa syndrome)
  • Angelman syndrome
  • Coffin-Siris syndrome
  • Cornelia de Lange syndrome
  • Costello syndrome
  • Cri du chat syndrome
  • DiGeorge syndrome
  • Drash syndrome
  • Dubowitz syndrome
  • Fragile X syndrome
  • Joubert syndrome
  • Kabuki syndrome
  • Kleefstra syndrome
  • Landau-Kleffner syndrome
  • Leigh syndrome
  • Lennox syndrome
  • Louis-Bar syndrome (Ataxia-telangiectasia)
  • Marshall-Smith syndrome
  • Moebius syndrome
  • Monosomy 11 / Canavan disease / Metachromatic leukodystrophy
  • Mosaic trisomy 13
  • Mowat-Wilson syndrome
  • Noonan syndrome
  • Ondine syndrome (Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome)
  • Phelan-McDermid syndrome (22q13 deletion)
  • Prader-Willi syndrome
  • Proteus syndrome
  • Rett syndrome
  • Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
  • Smith-Magenis syndrome
  • Sotos syndrome
  • TLK2 syndrome
  • Trisomy 5
  • Trisomy 6
  • Trisomy 8
  • Trisomy 9
  • Trisomy 13
  • Trisomy 15
  • Trisomy 18
  • Trisomy 22
  • Tuberous sclerosis

Please feel free to contact CDTC at any time to verify treatment options.

How to Apply

After having discussed the program with your regular doctor or therapist, and received his/her approval, you can easily apply for the dolphin assisted therapy program at CDTC. We have an easy application process that consists of 3 steps. We ask you to fill in our application form first. After this is done we will review your application with our team of specialists.

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