The Adaptive Riding Institute (ARI) has a simple mission when it comes to helping children with autism and other special needs: health, happiness, and healing through horses. ARI has provided therapeutic horseback riding in Oregon since the late 1980s. Riders find that their balance and muscle tone is improved when they are on horseback; the horse’s gait mimics the human walking motion. Parents report that their children also have increased communication and social skills. Volunteers are what keep ARI running, they “take turns helping with everything from hoisting the riders up to cleaning up the by-products.
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Responding to interactive metronome
Feb 9, 2011 by AnonymousAs a certified Interactive Metronome Provider, I have experienced many positive results working with clients with Autism, ADD, ADHD, TBI, Asperger's Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue and seniors with balance/gait difficulty. There IS significant research on Interactive Metronome if one looks at the proper resources. Increased focus/attention, better coordination, improved motor planning, improved self-confidence, better eye contact, less impulsiveness, less anxiety, better grades in school are only a few of the gains that clients I have worked with have gained as a result of IM.
I have worked with close to 80 clients and have only had one client ( a 50 year old male ) with ADD who felt that IM did not help them in some way.
Responding to neurofeedback
Feb 1, 2011 by AnonymousI used neurofeedback for my daughter for about a year, when she was 14. She was gong though a lot of changes at the time, very anxious. She also has other disabilities a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4, celebral palsy and has had a stroke she walks with a limp after intensive therapy for many years. We used Conductive Education, a Hungarian technique for children with motor disorders.
The results of NFB were-she was more verbal after NFB and surprisingly her balance, gait and ability to move around improved noticeably. She also had noticeable changes in cognitive behaviour and ability to communicate.
Unfortunately she decided she no longer wanted to stay hooked up to the electrodes and TV and we had to abandon the treatment. We are using acupuncture at present, along with Neurolink, massage and homeopathy. She is now aged 20 years.