The outing to horse sense was very informative. I had previously heard of horse sense, but I was never actually there to experience it. Although the lady mostly talked, she did give some very useful information. I think that using horses as a method of therapy for individuals with disabilities it a great form of rehabilitation. It would have been cool to actually see a horse and have the horse walk through some of the routines they do with the clients, but we missed the actual season by one day. I think she might have went into too much detail about some things because it got a little boring at the end, but overall I thought the experience was very informative.
I found a therapeutic riding program very similar to horse sense in San Diego County, California. The program's mission is to provide physical and emotional therapy to a wide range of disabled children and adults through the use of carefully supervised horseback riding. Their clients range in age from 2-83, and have all type of disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, and developmental delays. They have many different events throughout the year to raise money for their program and strongly rely on volunteer help to keep their program running.
http://www.reinsprogram.org/
REINS (Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs and Strengths)
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