Play is the "work" of the child (and the de-stressor of the adult).
Play engages the whole person: imagination, emotion, cognition, and attention, along with the sensory and physical skills components of the game activities.
Games build in a reason for completing and repeating various ring figures, speed changes, stops and starts.
Learn ideas on how to add play into your treatments (or riding lessons) by layering on fun goal-oriented game activities into sessions with Incorporating Games in Hippotherapy.
The Brown Pony Series includes four Hippotherapy reference books and four helpful companion guidebooks with an educational focus on animal assisted therapy specifically with the help of horses. If you like concise information at your fingertips without having to spend hours of internet research, then you'll appreciate this comprehensive collection from horse expert, 20-year private-practice veteran, and Occupational Therapist with a clinical speciality in Hippotherapy Rebecca Cook.
What books are available in the Brown Pony Series?
- Book One: Introduction to Hippotherapy
- Book Two: Risk Management and Safety in Hippotherapy
- Book Three: Considering Hippotherapy in Your Career Plans
- Book Four: The Business of Hippotherapy
PLUS ...
Barn Rules: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - A teaching tool of basic barn rules in social stories and pictures for instructors, riders, parents, and volunteers.
Tally Up: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Checklists created from a task analysis of showmanship and riding skills that can be used to improve understanding of the Judges placing of a class and to provide a foundation of skills to practice for competition. The checklists are also a great breakdown of skills for an instructor to use in lesson planning or for a therapist to adapt as components to goal setting in Hippotherapy sessions.
Safe Horse Handling: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Increase awareness of common sense safety to implement when working around horses. Some of the tips may be inadvertently overlooked until there is an accident. Great for equine instructors, therapeutic riding volunteer training, and equine assisted activity and therapy programs.
Incorporating Games in Hippotherapy: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Play is the "work" of the child (and the de-stressor of the adult). Play engages the whole person: imagination, emotion, cognition, and engagement, along with the physical skills components of the game activities. Games can build in a reason for completing various ring figures, speed changes, stops and starts. Learn ideas for layering on goal-oriented game activities in a Hippotherapy session.
About the Author: Rebecca Cook is a lifelong horseperson. She has been practicing Occupational Therapy using a Hippotherapy approach to treatment for over 20 years and is a Hippotherapy Clinical Specialist. She has instructed hippotherapy coursework through a graduate program at Western Michigan University. In her spare time she enjoys nature walks, trail riding, and reading. Erica L. Frederick is also a lifelong horseperson. She has been practicing occupational therapy since earning her occupational therapy doctorate in 2015. The Capstone portion of her education focused on developing hippotherapy interventions for children and adults with physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs. She plans to earn her hippotherapy clinical specialist certification by 2020. In her spare time, she enjoys arts and crafts, practicing her horsemanship skills, and playing with her miniature schnauzer, Mike.
