Today I’m excited to share one of the creative new programs that Renew Therapeutic Riding Center in Holland, MI, started in response to COVID’s impact on their community and center. It’s called “Renew Educational Camp” and they offer a safe place for 6th -12th graders to do their virtual schoolwork, as well as get physical … Continue reading
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Barn Tour: Haku Baldwin Center
I have another barn tour to share with you! Unfortunately I had to go all the way to Hawaii for this one, so I hope you appreciate all my hard work basking in the sun and drinking pina coladas. Actually, it poured half the time, but I managed to slip away to visit a therapeutic … Continue reading
Barn Tour: Xenophon
In this post I’m going to share my visit to the program Xenophon in Orinda, CA! This is not a comprehensive description of their program, but rather I’ll share the things I found most interesting and inspiring. I met Lindsay, who works at Xenophon, at the PATH Intl Conference in San Diego about 4 years ago (we lunged … Continue reading
A Few Links – Programs, Gloves, Trot Poles, Transition Exercises, The Aids
First off, I had a baby! Baby human, not a baby horse. Although I did speculate how fun it would be to take baby bump pictures with my mare having a baby bump too… Anyway, this is why I have posted nothing new for a few weeks! However, it’s time to jump back in, so, here are a … Continue reading
Senior Citizen Program Activities (groundwork)
Senior Citizens are a special group of people that often have physical and/or mental disabilities that your program may have the capacity to serve. We recently had a group come out and I want to share what we did, and see what you have done! Some of these ideas are from a Senior Citizen Program … Continue reading
GallopNYC ASD Transition Job Skills Study
A reader from GallopNYC recently send me this phenomenal resource for an ASD Transition Job Skills program they did at their barn! Once of the documents explains: “GallopNYC is developing an innovative educational program for young adults on the autism spectrum. The goal of this program is to apply the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding to the … Continue reading