News summaries for autism therapy: therapeutic horseback riding

definition of therapeutic horseback riding: Therapy that involves individuals interacting with and riding on horses. Therapeutic horseback riding may be beneficial to people with a variety of special needs, including children with autism. Therapeutic Horseback riding can encompass many different disciplines and is a recreational lesson that can be used for social, educational or other reasons.
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Sisters Start Ride-On-Ranch to Provide Hippotherapy to Kids with Special Needs, Summarized Apr 19, 2013

Sisters Autumn O’Hara and Charli Wacker, both horseback riders, founded Ride-On-Ranch to provide equine assisted therapies to kids with autism and other special needs. O’Hara is an occupational therapist and certified therapeutic riding instructor, which enables the center to offer hippotherapy – riding is a therapy tool as opposed to just fun. O’Hara explained, “Equine assisted therapy is an emerging practice area in occupational therapy and the use of the horse has multiple facets that make it an amazing therapeutic tool. For example, the natural movement of the horse mimics human walking.”

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Ranch Organized and Run by People with Autism, Summarized Feb 28, 2013

Erik’s Ranch and Retreat, located in Montana and Minnesota, offers people with autism a place to live as well as a place to work. Anyone can stay at Erik’s Ranch and take tours led by guides with autism who are specialists in their subjects. For example, the Ranch’s namesake Erik Nordberg, offers horseback riding events and teaches horse care. Another resident has an interest in crickets and grasshoppers and can teach visiting fisherman about the insect cycle. Other opportunities for work life include cooking group meals, coordinating recreational activities, and researching the local environment.

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Media Group and Stables Provide Horseback Riding for Kids with Autism, Summarized Jan 6, 2013

WOWTChannel 6 in Omaha and Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (HETRA) have combined resources to provide 16 therapy horses for kids with autism and other special needs. Studies have found that the horse's motion is like that of a child's, so that riding a horse increases muscle tone, coordination, and balance for riders. HETRA is a non-profit equine therapy center that has been in business since 1989; it benefits from donations and community volunteers.

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Grand Cayman Equestrian Center Offers Equine Therapy for Kids with Autism, Summarized Dec 18, 2012

Can you imagine living in the Cayman Islands, much less having accessibility to equine therapy for your child with autism? Students from Lighthouse School attend the Equestrian Centre several times a week for therapeutic riding lessons. Equine therapy uses the horse’s movement to mimic a child’s walking. It helps with balance, self-esteem, and communication. The fees are paid by the Red Sail Group, a group of Cayman entrepreneurs, who also provide other benefits for children in the area.

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Synonyms for therapeutic horseback riding include: horseback riding, riding, riding therapy, therapeutic riding
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