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Equine Assisted Learning

Equine Assisted Learning provides experiential learning opportunities by incorporating horses into lessons, with the goal of developing life and soft skills. Life skills can relate to academic achievement, appropriate behavior, personal growth, social interaction, and team building. Core values that impact appropriate behaviors include attentiveness and awareness, resilience and teamwork, effective communication, cooperation, making good choices, commitment, respect, empathy for others, kindness, and critical thinking. Each lesson is incorporated into themed equine partnered activities, which may be either on the ground or mounted.

Benefits of Equine Assisted Learning

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Develop Social and Emotional Learning

  • Empathy

  • Persistence (complete a task)

  • Sense of awareness of self and others

  • Honesty and integrity

  • Patience

  • Resilience

  • Humor and laughter

  • Gratitude and appreciation

  • Forgiveness

  • Courage

  • Overcoming fears

  • Being adaptable

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Develop Life Skills

  • Manage impulsivity

  • Anger management

  • Empathy and understanding of others

  • Application of learned skills to real-world situations

  • Problem-solving skills

  • Critical-thinking skills

  • Ability to view problems from different perspectives

  • Teamwork (the ability to work well with others)

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Academic Learning Opportunities

  • Safety of self and others

  • Mathematics, measuring, counting

  • Colors, spelling, memory

  • Geometry, geography

  • Verbalizing, purposeful communication

  • Spatial awareness, dexterity, problem-solving

  • Left and right identification

Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship

Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship are activities that include ground and/or mounted experiences. The purposefully designed lesson plans are to provide experiences with horses that promote therapeutic value for each individual, physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally, depending on their special needs and goals.

Benefits of Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship

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Targeted Physical Improvements

  • Balance

  • Coordination

  • Development of core, leg, and arm strength

  • Dexterity

  • Flexibility

  • Stamina

Targeted Physical Improvements

  • Balance

  • Coordination

  • Development of core, leg, and arm strength

  • Dexterity

  • Flexibility

  • Stamina

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Improve Social Skills and Behavioral Management

  • Appropriate social interaction with peers and adults

  • Respect for the horse and volunteers

  • Empathy for the horse and peers

  • Setting and respecting boundaries

  • Regulate impulsivity and anger management

  • Experience joy and compassion

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8052 Calle Gutierrez Perez

Isabela PR 00662-6430

939-699-6188

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