The Shea Center Rider Story- Juliette, Brooklyn, & Savannah

The 2020 BBQ Experience Reimagined featured our Shea Center Rider Story about Juliette and her sisters Brooklyn and Savannah. These sisters benefit from multiple therapies including Physical, Occupational, and Speech therapy on our horses utilizing hippotherapy. The equine movement is essential to build their confidence, gross and fine motor skills, postural control, and coordination at The Shea Center. In this video, Juliette’s mom highlights the multitude of benefits many clients experience when engaged in PT OT and SLP using equine movement with hippotherapy. Since starting therapy, Juliette now has improved body awareness and single leg balance to step over obstacles. She has also demonstrated improved independence with dressing herself.
Film by Evan Walker: evanwalker.tv/
The Shea Center is dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities through therapeutic horse-related programs. It serves more than 1,800 participants each year by providing 15,000 hours of client services annually. Utilizing 27 horses and the assistance of 800 community volunteers, The Shea Center addresses over 70 distinct disabilities through a variety of programs that include physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Accredited at the “premier” level by the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.), The Shea Center is internationally recognized for its excellence in therapeutic programs. It is also a therapeutic riding training facility drawing interns and students from around the world.
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