Special Needs, Special Horses : A Guide to the Benefits of Therapeutic Riding Hardback
by Naomi Scott
Part of the Practical Guide series
Hardback
Description
A growing number of individuals with special needs are discovering the benefits of therapies and activities involving horseback riding.
Special Needs, Special Horses, by Naomi Scott, offers information about the amazing results possible with therapeutic riding, or hippotherapy.
From recreational riding for individuals with disabilities to the competitions some riders enter (and win), Scott describes the various techniques of the process and its benefits to the physically and mentally challenged.
The book explores the roles of the instructors, physical therapists, volunteers, and the horses, and explains carriage driving, vaulting, and educational interactions with horses.
Scott profiles individuals involved in the therapy, including clients whose special needs arose from intrauterine stroke, cerebral palsy, transverse myelitis, Parkinson's disease, paralysis, sensory integration dysfunction, multiple sclerosis, shaken baby syndrome, sensory damage, stroke, seizures, infantile spasms, Down syndrome, and autism.
Special Needs, Special Horses is an excellent guide for the families of the many who do - or could - enjoy improved lives from therapeutic riding.
It will also appeal to practitioners of therapeutic riding as an overview of their profession.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 25 illustrations
- Publisher:University of North Texas Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:31/05/2005
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- ISBN:9781574411904
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 25 illustrations
- Publisher:University of North Texas Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:31/05/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9781574411904
