Northwind Farm
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| 1355 CR 105 Hutto, Texas 78634 Phone 512-431-2189 |
Benefits of Equine-Assisted Activities
Emotional benefits are fostered through simple time spent with the horse.
Participants will often connect to an animal more easily than to another person.
Cognitive benefits are limitless. Anatomy and physiology, health and hygiene,
nutrition and grooming are just part of the educational opportunities encountered
in the barn environment. Participants use judgment and reasoning in working
interacting with other forces in other environments.
Social benefits are cultivated through common experiences. Respect,
boundaries, self-responsibility and safety for others and the horse are
encouraged in order to maximize the equine experience. A group of participants
will share in the same activities and observations but each individual will take
away their own understanding of the event.
Physical benefits are achieved through grooming the horse, leading the horse
and even cleaning up after the horse. Participants are encouraged to assist in all
motor skills, balance, strength, endurance and hand-eye coordination.
Equine Assisted Activities - grooming, learning how to care for a
miniature horse, leading a mini, and learning how to take a mini
through an obstacle course.
experiences, which occurs when interacting with the environment,
situations, people and the miniature horses. Northwind Farm
collaborates with licensed professionals during these sessions.
Equine Assisted Grief Therapy – while incorporating miniature
horse interaction with therapeutic play, children are given the tools
necessary to take their own personal grief journey in a way that is
meaningful to them. Northwind Farm collaborates with licensed
professionals during these sessions.
miniature horse, leading a mini, and learning how to take a mini
through an obstacle course.
experiences, which occurs when interacting with the environment,
situations, people and the miniature horses. Northwind Farm
collaborates with licensed professionals during these sessions.
Equine Assisted Grief Therapy – while incorporating miniature
horse interaction with therapeutic play, children are given the tools
necessary to take their own personal grief journey in a way that is
meaningful to them. Northwind Farm collaborates with licensed
professionals during these sessions.