Equine Therapy
Equine Therapy
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Using equine therapy...
Increases emotional literacy
Improves sense of empathy
Builds problem solving skills
Implementation
Implementation
Overview
Students work with a trained facilitator to practice empathy, problem solving, and build emotional awareness with a horse partner.
Students do not have solutions provided to them but instead are guided through scaffolding. (productive struggle)
Core Components
Must contact and review district policy to determine appropriate channels to initiate equine therapy
Students must have the opportunity to solve problems generated by the facilitator with the animal and potential human partner(s)
Proactive Implementation
Proactively implementing Equine Therapy may look like scheduled and partnering with a facility that provides this support.
Responsive Implementation
Responsively implementing Equine Therapy sessions may stem from a need for students to practice social skills, regulation, and collaboration in an authentic environment.
Bucket Fits
Bucket Fits
Connection
If the need is connection then students should be strategically paired when working with the horses.
Skills Training
If the need is skill building then specific challenges should be created that students must overcome during the session.
Awareness
If the need is awareness then the student should process their collaboration at the end of the session through discussion and debriefing.
Emotional Regulation
If the need is regulation then the students should be provided opportunities to take a break or resolve conflict within a structured and supportive environment.
Consider Factors Prior to Start
Student factors-
Gender, race, function, topography, family dynamics, interpersonal relationships
Contextual factors -
Resource availability, classroom instruction, physical space, time, technology
Intensifying or Fading During
Duration
Frequency
Feedback
Reinforcement
Goals
REMINDER
Make a note to document when you're starting this intervention.
After 10 consecutive school days of implementation, use collected data to determine the intervention's effectiveness.
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