Today we have a type of guest post by Elizabeth Curry, a mom to 12, horse owner, and volunteer at HorsePower TR. She wrote an article for HorsePower TR about working with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), and has kindly agreed to share it with us! She originally posted the article on her own blog Ordinary … Continue reading
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Dementia Adaptations for Therapeutic Riding
I’m attending the PATH Intl 2018 Virtual Conference this year and so far it’s quite good. They’re doing a nice job having topics that are applicable to a lot of the different roles in running a program. I really appreciate that they went out of their way to get presenters that are professionals/experts in their own field … Continue reading
Vision Therapy and Riding
After the last post about CVI, I received a submission of an article of another sort related to visual processing and therapeutic riding. This is a piece that Brittany Halstead of ReplayPolo wrote for PATH Intl.’s quarterly magazine STRIDES to be published in the spring, so you get a sneak peek! 🙂 She hopes it will … Continue reading
Language Delays Part 3 – The Importance of Play
Here are some MORE great tips and teaching techniques for working with riders with language delays! These come from the book “Play to Talk” by James MacDonald Ph.D. & Pam Stoika Ph.D. Their perspective focuses on the social communication skills side of language development and using responsive communication strategies to engage the child. These posts summarize the basic and … Continue reading
Language Delays Part 2 – Responsive Communication
Here are some great tips and teaching techniques for working with riders with language delays! These come from the book “Play to Talk” by James MacDonald Ph.D. & Pam Stoika Ph.D. Their perspective focuses on the social communication skills side of language development and using responsive communication strategies to engage the child. These posts summarize the basic and most … Continue reading
Language Delays Part 1 – The Stages of Communication
Recently I have been reading the book “Play to Talk” by James MacDonald Ph.D. & Pam Stoika Ph.D. about working with children with language delays. It is so good and a great compliment to what I’ve learned and posted about Speech Disabilities in Therapeutic Riding and Communication Techniques for Low/Nonverbal Riders. Their perspective focuses on the social communication skills side of … Continue reading
Riders with Autism Part 8 – Medical Info and More Ideas
The second presentation at the PATH Intl Virtual Conference was “Autism Spectrum Disorder” given by Sandra Friedman. It was a great in depth presentation about the medical side of Autism. There are a few key things I want to share from it! (P.S. I titled this as a follow up to my post series about Riders with … Continue reading
Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Seniors
I went to a nice seminar on Dementia at the local Community College yesterday to get some disabilities continuing education hours. This prompted me to condense all my notes on this topic. Hope it helps! Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and Seniors About Dementia Dementia is a disease or condition of the brain that causes global progressive deterioration … Continue reading
Disabilities Teaching Tips for Therapeutic Riding – 2015 PATH Intl Conf
Today is the last day of the 2015 Path Intl Conference, but by far not my last post. However, instead of posting notes from specific seminars, I’m going to group some of them by theme because I think that would be more helpful. So here are a bunch of notes and tips about teaching specific disabilities. (From … Continue reading
ADHD Tips
Here is a great article from ADDitudeMag.com called “ADHD Secrets Your Child’s Teacher Should Know” by Josh and Melinda Boring. To view it on the website, click here: Website Slideshow If you don’t like the click through a bunch of paragraphs slideshow version, click here for the full article (print) version – just close the print … Continue reading