Resource details: Sports, recreation and leisure
Resource 1365
Added by member 102327 on 2009-08-23
Updated by member 102327 on 2009-08-24
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Equi-Ed, an award winning, Premier accredited NARHA program, has provided quality riding, vaulting and competition activities to students with special needs for over 16 years. Accomplishments include: City of Santa Rosa Merit Award, Sonoma County Horse Council's Equus Hall of Fame Award, 2009 NARHA Region 11 Horse of the Year and more!
Our Goals
~ Enhance each student's educational plan through coordination with school staff and the implementation of activities which support achievement in basic subjects and pre-vocational skills.
~ Improve the students physical, medical, social, and emotional well being through interaction with specially selected horses, in a positive environment which encourages involvement and caring between disabled and non-disabled individuals.
~ Stimulate awareness and understanding of the efficacy of therapeutic riding.
~ Provide professional development and training for individuals in the therapeutic riding industry.
Subcategories
Therapeutic riding/Hippotherapy
Diagnoses addressed
Disabilities which can benefit include paralysis, autism, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, amputations, multiple sclerosis, head injury, developmental delays, learning disabilities, spina bifida, deaf, blind, and those who have experienced emotional or physical trauma.
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Ages served
4-8
9-12
13-17
18-adult
Siblings allowed
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Schedule or business hours
Weekdays after school and Saturdays
Qualifications
Equi-Ed is an accredited center of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA), as such, the program meets the highest standards of safety established in the industry.
All instructors have completed specialized training in therapeutic riding and hold advanced or masters level certification.
To best meet the individual needs of clients, consultation or assessment with Occupational, Physical, and Speech therapists, as well as Adapted Physical Education specialists and Special Education teachers is arranged.
Equi-Ed is the first North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA) center in California to offer Interactive Vaulting by a NARHA Certified Interactive Vaulting Instructor. One of only five NARHA centers in the United States to have a certified interactive vaulting instructor, Equi-Ed leads this field with two professionals trained to lunge and teach gymnastics on horseback.
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