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
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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
Review of the ATR Webinar “In Case You’re Not A Doctor”
Today I have the pleasure of writing a review of the Adaptive/Therapeutic Riding (ATR) Webinar “In Case You’re Not A Doctor” by Esther Schlegel, in which she teaches human anatomy and physiology related to horseback riding, and explains many conditions and disabilities with their related considerations for horseback riding. I am happy to say I’ve been able … Continue reading
Staying Involved in EAAT When You’re Not Instructing
Staying Involved in EAAT When You’re Not Instructing There may be times in your life when you do not instruct therapeutic riding lessons or are involved in equine assisted activities and therapies – due to injury, other jobs, burnout, having kids, or some other reason – and that’s okay! I’m in that boat right now with … Continue reading
2018 State of the Blog Report
This post is a yearly report on the blog because I find this sort of thing interesting and encouraging. If you find it boring, move on! haha 2018 was a big year for this blog, although I’m not sure why because I did not post nearly as often! Between having a newborn and toddler and … Continue reading
How Instructing Therapeutic Riding Has Helped Me Be A Better Parent
The other day I was talking with a “mom friend” about parenting our toddlers and she said she could tell that my background in therapeutic riding instruction influenced how I interacted with the kids, but she couldn’t say exactly how. So I started telling her all the ways I have noticed it helps me, and … Continue reading
Book Giveaway! “Joey: How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See”
Today I’m excited to host a book giveaway for the new book, Joey: How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See! At the end of last year I was included in a group of folk who got to read the “galley” version of the book and contribute an endorsement and any suggestions. It was … Continue reading
Terminology
Recently the topic of terminology in the field of Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies (EAAT) has been coming up. There are already some really good articles out there already that address this issue, such as the “Top 10 Hippotherapy Myths and Misconceptions” by Speech In Motion, “The T Word” by Hoof Falls & Footfalls, and most recently … Continue reading