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Equine Assisted Learning

Fordsdale Parents and Kids

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.