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
Review of “Ground School Curriculum” by EAAT Curriculums
(I’m super impressed it came packaged in sparkle tissue paper. How fancy!) Review of “Ground School Curriculum” by EAAT Curriculums Today I’m excited to share with you another review, this time for a new resource in the EAAT industry: a curriculum for ground-based horsemanship called “Ground School Curriculum developed by Ashlyn Batten (CTRI) and Sherri … Continue reading
Book Review: “Hooked: Lessons of the Heart From a Little Horse in Cabo”
Book Review: “Hooked: Lessons of the Heart From a Little Horse in Cabo” “He had taken me when I was broken and shattered, lost and afraid, and he made me whole again. He turned a mirror to my soul and reminded me what I was made of. He succeeded in pulling me from the mist … Continue reading
Christmas Garland Activity
Christmas Garland Activity For once I’m posting way ahead of time about holiday activities for adaptive and therapeutic horseback riding, so you have time to plan and prepare! This is a new activity idea, inspired by the above dehydrated garland my friend made for me and these cinnamon ornaments my other friend made. I have not actually … Continue reading
Eric Carle Animal Warm Ups
Here is an idea to make warm ups for therapeutic horseback riding lessons more interesting, and to incorporate some visual and reading aspects. Use pages from a children’s book! We just acquired this book for bedtime stories and I thought it would be perfect for warm ups and wanted to share! Eric Carle Animal Warm … Continue reading
3 Activities Stations for Dementia EAAT Programs
One of my favorite sessions at this year’s 2019 PATH Intl. Conference was “Riding In The Moment” about Hearts & Horses’ program for people with dementia. The presentation was great, I do not think it was recorded but I sure hope so. I want to share the new ideas I learned from it that goes … Continue reading
Assessments
Welcome to Part 3 of the Record Keeping series! This post is all about assessments for therapeutic and adaptive horseback riding programs. Again, I have so much and yet so little information, this is my best attempt to organize it for you in a way that I hope is helpful. Enjoy! About Assessments WHAT Are … Continue reading