The subject ot the research: children sick with cerebral paralysis. The problem of the research: hypotherapy is a new and hot theme, because this kind of treatment is rather obscure and rarely applied in treating children with cerebral paralysis in Lithuania. The aim of the research: to determine the influence of hypotherapy on children sick with cerebral paralysis. Tasks of the paper: 1. To evaluate the movements of sick children according to GMFM test before hypotherapy, during it and after it. 2. To determine the possibilities of the accomplishment of exercises both on a standing horse and walking at foot‘s pace of children sick with cerebral paralysis . 3. To evaluate the achievements of children sick with cerebral paralysis ( riders) before and after hypotherapy. 4. To make a survey among parents having children sick with cerebral paralysis. The hypothesis of the research: the application of hypotherapy should improve the motion functions and the children‘s emotional state. The methods of the research: the analysis of scientific literature, interview, testing, observation, statistical analysis of the research data. The results of the research: comparing the initial Gross Motor Function Measure – GMFM (Ulrich, 1993 ) testing results to the final ( after hypotherapy ) ones, the improvement in children‘s health is obvious. The achievements of most children sick with cerebral paralysis ( riders ) before hypotherapy were poor, and satisfactory or good after it. Summing up... [to full text]