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Offers equine therapy for people with special needs.

Provides equine-assisted activities to children and adults with special needs in Lancaster, offers horseback riding lessons, and monthly unmounted clinic series for individuals who want to learn more about horses from the ground level, also offers school programs, for youth and adults

Provides interactivity classes with horses to develop or strengthen communication and leadership skills.

Provides lessons to learn the skills of riding a horse, including grooming and putting equipment on the horse as part of each riding session.

Offers therapeutic horseback riding.

Provides therapeutic horsemanship programs to improve the physical, mental, emotional, and social areas of the lives of individuals we serve. Offers specialized services with certified and trained staff, well-equipped facilities and equipment, and innovative program design.

Provides 45 minute classes that help strengthen balance, cognition, physical dexterity, and muscle tone. Students may be required to place harness pieces on a horse.

Offers treatments such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) which offers clients a nontraditional approach to therapy. This therapy combines a licensed mental health professional, a certified equine specialist, and a therapy horse to create a research-based treatment model which strives to resolve emotional difficulties caused by disturbing, difficult, or frightening life experiences. The horse is an integral part of treatment because horses are prey animals and therefore are extremely alert and sensitive to the emotions of those around them. Clients learn to identify their own emotional state by observing the reaction from the horse. The horse also helps the client stay grounded as the client processes past traumas.

Provides summer camp to help individuals experience compassion by interacting with horses.

Provides equine assisted programs including riding lessons held from late April through mid October with trained and certified instructors. Also offers a year-round farmers program where disabled can help care for sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, dogs, cats, horses and ponies. Staff are composed of volunteer adults and youth. As riders develop their skills, they experience a true sense of freedom and achievement, receiving a tremendous boost to their self-esteem.

Provides interactivity classes with horses to develop or strengthen communication and leadership skills.

Offers,children and adults with special challenges, through a therapeutic partnership with horses. Therapeutic riding includes both mounted and ground sessions. It uses equestrian goals to improve daily life situations.

Provides therapeutic riding activities for adults and children with special needs. Therapeutic activities are used to accomplish the goals recommended by the therapist. Improving balance, eye/hand coordination, ability to follow directions, communication skills, social interaction, attention, and visual skills are targeted areas.

Introduces horses into physical routines in effort to help individuals strengthen core muscle groups, while simultaneously addressing minor mental health related concerns.

Offers therapeutic riding lessons conducted by nationally certified instructors; tailored to each client's needs. Benefits include: increased tone, range of motion, and endurance; improved speech, behavior, and social skills; and safe, unique, educational fun for children over the age of 3 with almost any disability.

Offers educational therapeutic riding, therapeutic carriage/cart driving, hippotherapy, equine experiential learning, and an inclusive summer camp. Provides accessible equine-assisted services to individuals of all ages with physical, developmental, and behavioral challenges, as well as those who have experienced trauma.

Provides therapeutic horsemanship programs to improve the physical, mental, emotional, and social areas of the lives of individuals we serve. Offers specialized services with certified and trained staff, well-equipped facilities and equipment, and innovative program design.

Provides equestrian therapeutic riding services that are overseen by PATH (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship) instructors certified in therapeutic riding.

Offers a therapeutic horseback riding program for youth. Sessions are 45 minutes.

Introduces horses into physical routines in effort to help individuals strengthen core muscle groups, while simultaneously addressing minor mental health related concerns.

Provides 45 minute classes that help strengthen balance, cognition, physical dexterity, and muscle tone. Students may be required to place harness pieces on a horse.

Provides equestrian therapy to individuals seeking that specific type of therapy. Programs include riding, Horsepowered reading and donkey snuggling

Therapeutic Horseback Riding is designed to provide both physical and psychological benefits. The warmth and motion of the horse relaxes spastic muscles and mobilizes stiff joints. The horses's rhythmic walk is similar to man's and is beneficial for those who are unable to walk on their own. Therapeutic Riding has also been proven to improve the following: Balance Posture Motivation Self-esteem Independence Attention Span Program Information Lessons are given May through October. Days of program differ by location. Offered at: Long Run Stables in Friedensburg Swartz Farms in Ringtown 292 Pine Swamp Rd Ringtown, PA 17967

Provides classes that focus on natural horsemanship and therapeutic equine endeavors.

Provides Equine- assisted therapy model or EAP, which is a treatment that includes equine activities or an equine environment to promote physical, occupational, and emotional growth in persons with a myriad of afflictions from anxiety and depression to dementia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), genetic syndromes such as Down syndrome and more. It is also beneficial for treating patients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries or those who have experienced abuse and drug and alcohol addiction.