We offer therapeutic horseback riding to people in New York City. We use the horse to provide physical, psychological, cognitive and educational therapies and therapeutic benefits that help people who have learning disabilities or are disabled to gain skills and have fun in a safe, supportive and dignified manner, and at all times based on good horsemanship and respect for both people and the animal.
What is Therapeutic Riding?
Therapeutic riding uses the recreational pleasures of horseback riding and care of horses to set social, emotional and physical goals for individual riders. In both therapeutic riding and hippotherapy cases, the horse is used because of its gentle and rhythmic movement, which mimics the walking human’s pelvic motion and provides excellent sensory feedback to the rider.
"I can't begin to thank you enough.... Horseback riding is just about all
[my students, who have severe autism] can talk about....They are in control
when riding (instead of begin told what to do by teachers, parents, and
peers) and the feeling of empowerment is obvious.....When we began talking
about and writing about our lessons with GALLOP, the word began to flow...
All of a sudden my students were communicating fluently because they want to
talk
and write about something they love."
-Ms. Sandra, teacher
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