Sue is now offering learning experiences with the horses at Fordsdale. This 8 week course is titled
Communication / Emotional Regulation.
The course is designed to help adolescences but can be helpful for anyone. Below is a brief outline of the course.
Week 1 MAKING A CONNECTION
Meeting people/horses for the first time. Overview of the full 8 weeks. Learning about Respect, Boundaries and Communication before meeting horses for the first time, in order to create a safe environment, and establish clear communication between myself and the clients, and lay down safety protocols. 2-2.5 hour session
Week 2 RESPECT
Revisit safety protocols.
Establishing what respect is, how we give respect and earn/gain trust, it from other people and the horses. Close contact with the horses giving receiving respect/trust, putting a halter and lead rope on the horse. 60-90min
Week 3 BOUNDARIES
Revisit safety protocols
Establishing what boundaries are and when how to implement them. Respecting other people’s boundaries. Understanding that everyone has their own values and beliefs, sometimes these are quite different from our own. These values and beliefs can shape our personalities. Horses have different personalities, this week we observe their personalities and observe their boundaries and define our own. 60-90min
Week 4 COMMUNICATION
Revisit safety protocols
How do we communicate? not just by speaking or writing. Our body language is our first form of communication before we speak. Horses cannot speak so we need to be able to read their body language so we can communicate with them and they with us. Awareness of ourselves helps us to communicate better with other people. 60-90min
Week 5 EMOTIONAL REGULATION
Revisit safety protocols
Sometimes when we communicate with others the conversation does not go the way we had planned. Sometimes there is misunderstanding, sometimes we get frustrated or angry. We need to understand the emotions we feel and why we feel them. Horses can help up deal with our frustrations. 60-90min
With groups this is 1 week with individual clients we will do this subject for 2 weeks adding more information.
Week 6 PROBLEM SOLVING
Revisit safety protocols
How do we fix a problem? We will do lots of exercises with the horses trying to get the horses to understand our communication with them. If the horses don’t understand us how do we fix it? 60-90min
Week 7 TEAM WORK
Revisit safety protocols
Sometimes it is easier to solve a problem when we work together as a team. Working as a group to solve the communication problems with the horses. 60-90mins
Week 8 OVERVIEW
Revisit safety protocols
Going over everything learned and opportunity to ride the horses or spend time with them in a way the student/client wants. 60-90min
Course Details:
- Course Price $880.
- It can be paid in full at the start of course or $120 per lesson with $40 for the last lesson, week 8.
- Lessons are not on set days, they are tailored to suit the clients needs.
- For more information, contact Sue.