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Dolphin assisted therapy’s agenda is to help those people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy with rehabilitation in motor function, speech and language as well as try and maintain and increase the client’s attention span as well. The child has a one-on-one session with a therapist in a marine park of some kind (Humphries, 2003).During dolphin assisted therapy positive reinforcement is used with the child. If the child keeps his or her attention span, gives a correct cognitive, physical or social response it is followed by an interaction with dolphins (Humphries, 2003).It is controversial whether dolphin-assisted therapy can actually effectively improve attention, language, speech, motor function, cognitive processes or social skills.