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How Horse Riding Therapy Helps Children With Autism, Dyspraxia, ADHD And Other Learning Difficulties
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มี.ค. 2018
- You can find out more about what I do here on my website - www.hairyhenry.com
Therapeutic Riding is the term that's used around working with horses to help children who have learning difficulties. It's not a very accurate term though, because you don't need to ride to get benefit from horses - just being around a horse can lower your heart-rate, for instance. But riding around on a well-trained horse (with a well-trained therapist!) can really benefit things like confidence, coordination and speech - and those things help all of us feel happier.
Many thanks to Conor for helping make this video - what a star he is : - )
And big thanks to his parents Irene and Anthony too, for allowing us to make it public.
If you know of a child who may benefit from this sort of approach, please do share this video. And if you want to help us then please do click here www.patreon.com/user?u=276131...
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Here's Tim's amazing guitar machine..
www.chordelia.com
here's our online store where you can see some of the craft things we make and sell..
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Sandra & Tim
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I've often read that the true greatness of a civilization can be measured in terms of how it's most vulnerabe citizens are treated. You folks are an amazing reminder of how practical kindNess can really help people. Thanks for your good work and helping the science of child development.
Thanks for your kind comment!
In the beginning of the vid you let the child lead via a safety loop. That shows you have done allot of homework for your craft. Down to small details. What a blessing that you and Tim have the freedom to work the paths that you both love. And you both like allot of the same things (bonus).
This is beautiful! You are amazing people :)
Heart warming. Keep up the good work.
Will do.
I always tell people “horses can be therapy animals too!” They look at me like I’m bizarre but you’ve proven my point wonderfully!
I’m an animal care student and I’m doing some course work on therapy animals and I definitely wanted to include horses !
Keep up the lovely work !!!
we have been thinking about riding therapy for my daughter that has cerebral palsy. But I havent had a clue what it involved. thank you for your video. I have much more insight now. Love your channel /Sofie
Hi Sofie, Glad that our video helped you. Therapeutic riding can be great for people with cerebral palsy. Riding exercises would focus more on the physical benefits, and it can be a very effective sort of therapy - plus, the horse makes it so much more fun for the person!
Sandra, you are a true blessing to this world. I have learned much from this video. I am a teacher and have four special needs students and thought riding may help them so searched YT for some info & happened upon your video - How grateful I am. Thank you
Wow.
So much respect for your work with those kids.
Touching. In one of your earlier videos about this part of what you do, some little blond fella lights up like the sun when the horse picks up the step. ^^ So good to see.
Yes, that's the big reward - to see them smile and relax and flourish.
Such a lovely video. What a gift to be able to give to people!
We feel honoured that we can do this work here!
I use to help out at riding for disable near wear I live in Australia. Recently they have changed their name to horse power & it’s very similar to what to what you do & it’s amazing what the hippotherapy does for these children & adults as well. Keep up the great work. It does makes a big difference.🌹🌹🌹🏆🥇
Wonderful. God bless you.
You guys are so amazing and kind! I wish you had a TV show I could watch this channel for hours!
Oh, thanks, that's so kind.
It’s so nice to see this. I’d like to extend my gratitude to Conor’s parents for allowing him to be filmed for the public’s benefit. I have a Masters in Counseling and would like to have a therapy farm once my own kids are grown. We’re homeschooling now, so time is pretty limited for homesteading and therapy work. I’d love to see some of your work with adults. I have a child with ASD, so I definitely want to work with children, but human trafficking and heroin abuse are big problems in our area, so I’d also like to work with teens and adults in recovery in these situations to assist their reintegration into society. I’d like to do skills/job training with farm chores, and other skills-based instruction as well as therapy work. I had kind of dismissed the dream, but watching your videos has me re-inspired.
Excellent - glad you're re-inspired, Stephanie. And yes, we're all grateful to Conor's parents (Irene and Anthony). We all have a role to play, don't we?
We do, indeed. 🙂
I cryed happy tears,my trainer does therapy riding and there is a kid with authism,I helped her and we were all happy.He is better now🙂
Nothing short of wonderful. Thank you for your amazing work. You are making a positive difference in the world.
You are an inspiration to me, someone who loves horses and children. Thank you for these videos, I can't wait for more!
dyspraxic equestrian here, I love it. Started at 7 and five years later I'm still riding and having an absolute blast!
You do an amazing job, this what I admire about you guys. You are so patient and understanding of their needs. It can be annoying watching from the outside when people misunderstand or ignore important messages you seem really good at understanding his needs. :D I can't think of anything better than this kind of thing for anyone who struggles in school.
Absolutely. Coming here to us can make such a difference to a child who experiences failure in school on a daily basis - here, we try to create small steps that are achievable, and the child is never alone, the horse is on his side!
This is the best of all videos. What you are doing is just beyond words. You people are great. A great contribution to the human society. I must salute you with a happy heart. Great.
Thanks so much for your kind words!
What a blessing to have you in this world!
Great work Sandra - you're really good at what you do.
Thank you!
I have adhd and ride and work with horses all the time I really enjoy it 😁
That is amazing! You two are doing a fabulous job helping those that are challenged differently than most of us. 🍀
We feel grateful that we can do this work here with our horses. From when I was a teenager I wanted to do this sort of thing, and finally, after years of training and getting the place together, I can!
Sandra, you are doing an amazing job. you are helping children a lot and learn great skills.
Sandra your work with your beautiful animals is very inspirational.
Thank you Lisa : - )
My son has Dyspraxia and Verbal Dyspraxia and he's just about to start riding with Riding for the Disabled in the UK. He's so excited! I volunteer for them and have been amazed at the transformation in childen, some with very severe disabilities, even after a few lessons. They are visibly (and sometimes audibly) less tense, their bodies loosen, become more flexible, their core strengthens and they become more able to communicate. It's a joy to work with horses, but it's even more rewarding when children with learning, neurological or physical disabilities get so much out of it. Good work!! I will show my son this video.
You're right, Alison. And best of luck to your son. We always remind people that it doesn't suit everyone though. Some people tense up when they meet horses and never get over that - but it's very rare : - )
absolutely love this video. thank you for all that you do sandra and tim!!
Thanks, I love my work with the children and horses.
What you do is fantastic, wonderful job well done xx
I have high functioning autism. When I was little I did therapeautic riding. This is now my career path in life! Love your channel!
Perfect!
Great work. Really amazes me how working with animals can ease the mind. Keep posting!
Thank you for sharing the wonderful work you do with us. Truly a wonderful thing to witness.
Thank you!
I love what you are doing! Interesting to hear you’re explanations.
That is Wonderfull
I admire your work and effort.
This is an amazing video! Thanks for sharing this ❤️
God Bless you Sandra and Tim
Thank you so very much for the time and patience. You are an angel. 💖💖💖💖
Found this channel about two weeks ago just browsing randomly and every video, gardening or otherwise, I've seen is just simply brilliant. You seem like lovely people all round and this video in particular really shows that! Great stuff :)
Thank you for your lovely comment!
I love you both and all your animals so much.
Very touching,keep up the good work
Well done Tim, Sandra and Flora brilliant work xx
Wouldn't be possible without brilliant Flora!
Wow you Sandra are amazing. Love the work you do with children. Excellent video.
Amazing work Sandra and Tim!
this is absolutely heartwarming.
She’s doing an amazing job, I need more ideas what to do and I sure have lots of ideas now GREAT JOB ❤️
Beautiful work!
that's very patient of you Sandra!
Wow you are simply amazing Sandra! God bless you for everything you do.
thanks Kathee!
You are wonderful people.
horses are the fucking best, i am so blessed to have been introduced to them already as a one year old, and the love has only grown stronger since. im not autistic, but i am bipolar, and especially before getting diagnosed, when you had no ide what was wrong with you, i only felt whole and true in the barn with my horse
So glad you found the things that helped you : - )
Brings tears to my eyes.
I found your videos when I was looking at Old English Sheepdogs. While I enjoyed Bob, this is SO much better. Bless you for what you do.
Bob didn't get into this video - he was asleep on the porch ;)
Fantastic. What a great classroom.
beautiful - I have done a lot of riding in the past and one of the places where I rode (mainland Europe) also engaged in therapeutic riding. It was always so inspirational to watch. Horses are superb therapy animals. Good luck!
Thanks, Elisabeth : - )
bless you patience of a saint .... xx
I know mild autism from the inside out, see it first thing in the morning while shaving. Patreon since the day i learned about Sandra's and Tim's involvement.
Thank you very much.
oh fabulous, and now i see your website to learn more :)
you do great work!
Amazing work
Wonderful and educational video. God bless you for sharing your skills and good work.
Thanks, glad that we were able to bring the message across.
You are an actual angel!
Amazing :) Thank you for who you are.
Amazing work Sandra, congratulations.
Thanks Marta.
Just wonderful 💕
Well done guy. I think i will look in to it
What grwat work. Your lifestyle is so admirable.
You do a fabulous job x
Just when I didn’t think I could love you guys more.......
Excellent job Sandra!
Thanks
Connor is a fabulous and brave boy! What a incredible school for him!!
He is fantastic - from his first day here, he loved riding. He gets so much out of it. When on a horse, he'd engage in exercises that he would find so much harder when in a room somewhere.
You are a wonderful person.
Excellent video, I will be using this video in the future when I am trying to get these kinds of services for kids. Thank you for doing this.
Glad to be able to help. Wish there was more support to do studies in this field to be able to get evidence that it actually really works on a scientific level.
Me too, I believe that experiential therapy is far more effective than talk therapy for children (and probably adults too), but it takes lots of repetition which makes it appear to be more expensive, and it can be harder work to move at the pace of the client. Our system seems to be more interested in making it look good rather than having it work. Keep it up you are doing something very few can do, and I know how effective it is and the kids you work with will have a far better life because of it.
So lovely. Blessings.
Great video ! Please keep posting with your geese too !
The geese! Very noisy at the moment, as it is breeding season!
Heart warming...
Regarding education, Montessori and Steiner were pioneers in education, linking movement and learning together. Forget about Steiner's rather silly world views and other beliefs; he was a child of his time. But education-wise, he is still top of class. Ever wondered why Steiner-educated children "can dance their name"? Or why things like "nature walk" and "circle time" are part of Steiner-based education? Or why rhythmic dancing tremendously helps developing mathematical skills?
The knowledge of children with additional mental needs being comfortable in tight spaces is not new; my mother, as a physiotherapist, practised exactly that in an integrated kindergarden in Germany in the mid-60's, and still did until she retired. Whether she playfully stuck them in a box with weighty balls, or stuffed them tightly with lots of blankets, it always had the same beneficial effect. Ever wondered about baby carriers? They have the same effect, combining the tight tucking in with feedback of a living being (in this case usually mother or father) - in your case, you and Flora or Henry!
It's just sad that science and education os so bloody ridden with dogma, otherwise we could have been so much farther as societies...
Keep up the good work!
Yes! But with attention for the needs of the individual child and by well-trained therapists otherwise such methods could do more harm than good. I myself started out at a Montessori school but that didn't work because I needed a more structured learning environment.
For sure. But then, not every education method fits every child - and that is my biggest criticism of the education system, that it uses *one* method for every child (I am generalising here), and not the method that suits the child. What's normal in engineering or science, to apply one of several methodologies depending on the context, seems so ridden with ideology and dogma...
Yes, it is frustrating to see that lots of things that help children learn have been discovered centuries ago, and are being re-discovered over and over, because they help children learn - without ever making it into mainstream education.
Great job, super calm Flora, loveley girl!!! 👍💞💖
She's a true star, couldn't do my work without her!
You guys are amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great work.
Lovely to see.
This is a beautiful horse my favourite type of horse a shire 😊
Love love this
That's nice you do that for people....
I have dyslexia and dyscalua and sturggle in school and i get really stressed in school and angry at myself and feel sad but when I go horse riding I feel really happy and excited and I destress and feel relaxed and also I love irish cobs their such a great breed and so cute
Yes, horses are the best! (Especially cobs.) So glad you found something that helps - life can be so hard sometimes. xx
So beautiful. I love this so much.♡♡♡♡
Fair play to ye. You do great work!
Thank you.
Very inspiring
Hippotherapy :) Keep up the good work Cheers David
It is great you can help them.Kudos
Thanks, it's a very rewarding thing to be doing.
Brilliant 💕
My daughter had therapeutic horseback riding at our university when she was young. She had a naturally beautiful seat, they said. She loved riding the horses. She did mainly grooming and riding in the big indoor arena in figure eights and around posts independently, or out on a trail with the group, having someone lead the horses of the children. She would forget to "steer" the horse.We wish we could get a horse now that we have moved to some of my family's farm land, but I do not remember how to manage horses from my childhood (I used to visit other friends who had ponies and they did all the preliminaries for the riding) and also my daughter broke her tail bone sliding in the snow with my roasting pan. She loves to tell people that story about the turkey pan. So she gets sore just sitting in a chair too long, and we wonder if that would make riding horses painful....We have some milk goats now and chickens and ducks.
Yes that could get painful. IF you consider having your daughter ride again then please get a specialist to make a saddle specifically for her anatomy and make sure it can be adjusted as she grows. Sounds funny, but women need different saddles than men because they usually sit not only on their seat bones but their pelvic too. When I think about it, this might also be her problem with normal chairs if those make her sit too straight on just her seat bones. Her tail bone might experience undue pressure because she is sitting in an unnatural position (for a female). While that has never been an issue before she hurt it, it certainly affects her now. Just a thought.
Kirmeins, Thank you for that encouraging comment. So very thoughtful and informative.
Perhaps you can find a mentor who can help you getting set up with horses on your land? They are such wonderful creatures to have around, and horse riding can be so good for body and mind!
Ooooh, I love the idea. It would certainly be wonderful for all of us. We might even do well with a horse and cart. I really appreciate what you do.
GOD BLESSED YOU !❤️❤️❤️
@10:13-10:16 you see glimpses of a rainbow in the background, how fitting.
You Two have Hearts of Gold
Yes, the rainbow just appeared as I was riding into that direction with Conor...
connor is doing great all those things to do ..
He's fabulous. He's come such a long way in those few years I've worked with him.
Brilliant
Dear Sandra, thanks for those lovely videos. Your therapeutic work is amazing. It remains me a lot of my work with people and horses - may I ask where you learned about it? I finishes my education in therapeutic horse work (Heilpädagogisches Arbeiten mit Pferden, as it is called in Germany) ten years ago. As I still got my normal job as a social worker in a company I only work on the weekends with the people and the animals. It is the best work ever, to my mind.
We live in northern Germany, between the towns of Schleswig and Flensburg (we also often struggle with the weather^^), and since last year we got a piece of land and a small farm we rebuild and renew by ourselves. Of course all our animals moved here with us such as icelandic horses, one highlandpony, two pigs, two cats, a dog and some hens which all also take part in the therapeutic work.
Its always a pleasure to see you two working on your farm, which is really inspiring for us, especially sometimes when its getting hard ^^.
It is so good to see you in the simplicity and normality, because it is the same with us, everything at least has to be paid and you have to find the time for everything.
All the best from Germany,
Lena and Tim
God bless you! 🐴👍✨💖
This is heart warming and truly wonderful to watch. Thank you for all the work you do helping children and thanks to Connor and His family for letting you share this with us 💕
Yes, big thank you to Conor and his family!
Fantastic
I would love to see a video on what materials you used to make your therapy aids..I'm in America so I'm sure they will vary a bit but I could get ideas for my program, as I also work with children with Autism.
Lovely❤