Hello friends, it’s been a while! How has your stay-at-home been? I’ve spent most of my quarantine time being too nauseous to do anything because we’re expecting our third child at the end of the year…hence the lack of posting. However, I’m slowly starting to feel better and am getting back to life – and … Continue reading
COVID-19 Resources for Adaptive and Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Hi all, I bet your lives look a lot different right now due to COVID-19. By now many programs have temporarily shut down due to stay-at-home policies and instructors may be working from home or unable to work or doing barn work. In light of that, I want to share some resources for you and … Continue reading
Data Tracking
And we’re back to the record keeping series! Welcome to Part 4, a post is all about data tracking for therapeutic and adaptive horseback riding programs. Again, I feel like I know so little, but what I’ve learned from the instructor’s perspective is more than enough to share, so this is my best attempt. Enjoy! … Continue reading
Breathing Exercises for Anxious Riders
Today’s post was inspired by a reader who emailed me asking for ideas about breathing exercises for anxious riders in an adaptive or therapeutic riding program. She has a writer who “has developed extreme anxiety, seemingly out of nowhere (even other service providers have noticed and can’t determine why), and we’d like to have a … Continue reading
Working With Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Today we have a type of guest post by Elizabeth Curry, a mom to 12, horse owner, and volunteer at HorsePower TR. She wrote an article for HorsePower TR about working with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), and has kindly agreed to share it with us! She originally posted the article on her own blog Ordinary … Continue reading
Program Retreat to the National Abilities Center
Today I am so excited to share with you an inspiring idea from Carrie Capes, the director of HorsePower TR: a program retreat to the National Abilities Center for whoever wants to come from your whole adaptive or therapeutic riding program! This is such a great way to foster community and bonding within your program, … Continue reading
Keeping Horses Comfortable In Winter Lessons
What do you guys do to keep your adaptive or therapeutic riding horses comfortable for winter lessons? The other cold day I was grooming my horse in gloves, which I took off to check with my bare hands that her girth area was free from mud. I was surprised to find that, as well as I … Continue reading
A Few Links: EAAT blog, podcast, activities, State of the Blog, and CTRI Transition
Hello friends, I hope you’ve been having a good new year so far! I’ve set myself up with a new routine which is working really well and I have more time to write and blog, so I hope to be posting more soon! Until then, here are some things I’ve been wanting to share for … Continue reading
What To Do: Responding to Challenging Behaviours In Your Adaptive Riding Lesson
For the first article of the new year, I’m excited to have another guest post by Esther Schlegel! Esther is an Occupational Therapist (OT) from Germany who has her own OT practice that includes Adaptive Riding and Hippotherapy, teaches college, and offers clinics, consultations and webinars. She has an active Facebook group where she regularly discusses topics … Continue reading
LessonsInTR Holiday Wishlist
LessonsInTR Holiday Wishlist I’ve come across sooooo many good resources for adaptive and therapeutic riding instructors lately, that I wish I could make a separate post for each one! Unfortunately I can’t, but I can put them all together in one big holiday wishlist post. I’ll include some of the others I reviewed already, too, so they’re … Continue reading