Hoofbeats To Healing School

School Schedule for 2011

Hoofbeats To Healing Therapeutic Riding School

June 6^th, 2011 through September 2^nd,2011

What this therapeutic riding school will offer to its students;

1. Learning the basics of horse care, horsemanship, therapy tack equipment and how to use it.

2. Learning first how to recognize the gaits of a normal horse, and then learning the different gaits of the Missouri Fox Trotters, Norwegian Fjords, and their 3 levels of gait intensity, to be able to distinguish between which gaits are the most therapeutic.

3. Learning how to properly recognize and feel the gaits while riding the Missouri Fox Trotters & Norwegian Fjords. The student will get a first hand experience by going through the horse therapy them self.

4. Learning how to assess a person by their gait.

a. A person’s correct gait – walking, skipping, running, etc.

b. Learning how to check for symmetry of a person’s gait and why that is important.

c. How neurological patterning effects gait.

5. Learning how to properly apply the Missouri Fox Trotters and Norwegian Fjords when instructing riders taking therapeutic riding lessons.

6. Student’s instructors will learn how to recognize the feedback that the horses will give while interacting with them, and apply it to themselves, so that they can better help the riders to recognize their feedback they will be receiving when taking a therapeutic riding lesson.

7. Learning about, and how to deal with, people who have different kinds of special needs.

At risk youth; adult and children that are mentally and/or

physically challenged; learning disabilities – A.D.D.,

Autism, Downs Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Trauma,

Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), etc.

8. Learning how to work with special needs riders at horse shows, along with learning first hand how to compete and show at these events.

9. The summer school will include a 2 day campout/trail ride with the Hoofbeats To Healing riders and the horses.

Hoofbeats To Healing

1006 West 5000 South

Palmyra, Utah

Contact Tamera Tanner

801-836-4325

tamtrot@gmail.com