Move To Include
Equine assisted therapy
Special | 2m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Equine assisted therapy. Learn about the benefits of working with horses.
Equine assisted therapy. We'll meet an a participant and an instructor to learn about the benefits of working with horses!
Move To Include
Equine assisted therapy
Special | 2m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Equine assisted therapy. We'll meet an a participant and an instructor to learn about the benefits of working with horses!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipIt makes me feel like I and happy and get out of I like to post trot other things and like to tack them.
My name is Judy and we are here at the Equicenter in Mendon and my daughter Erin, as she takes out therapeutic riding.
And she has a lesson tonight.
Equine assisted therapy.
It's putting the horse and the equine assisted therapies together to set goals for our students.
And so there's a lot of relationships that are built.
There's such a great social peace that comes along with this, you know, learning how to get along with others and and being appropriate towards one another as well.
And of course, you know, having their partner, the horse, I mean, it gives it gives these these kids a lot more confidence.
You know, I mean, how many kids are able to to climb up on these big horses and and right away you're.
Her balance, her posture, her eye hand coordination and her socialization skills, all that she has greatly benefited from therapeutic riding.
Yeah.
When you're here, you can be exactly how you were born, exactly how you need to be.
And being partnered with an animal will give you all that confidence that you need to be the best you can.