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Special needs, special horses : a guide to the benefits of therapeutic riding /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott, Naomi, 1935-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [2005]
Series:Practical guide series (Denton, Tex.) ; no. 4.
Subjects:
Exercise Therapy > methods.
Disabled Persons > rehabilitation.
Horses.
Table of Contents:
  • Description
  • Benefits
  • Origin and history
  • Instructors and therapists
  • Owners, community and volunteers
  • Horses
  • Procedures for riding sessions
  • Recreational riding - with profile of Amy
  • Hippotherapy - with profile of Cory
  • Alternative activities - vaulting and carriage driving
  • Competition
  • Private riding program - with profile of Erika
  • Starting a new NARHA center
  • Helping troubled youth
  • Profiles :
  • Leah - intrauterine stroke
  • Brandon - cerebral palsy
  • Barbara - transverse myelitis
  • Larry - Parkinson's disease
  • Kate - paralysis, auto accident
  • Alicia - sensory integration dysfunction
  • Tracy - multiple sclerosis
  • Stephen - shaken baby syndrome
  • Milan - sensory damage, auto accident
  • Lynn - paralysis, skiing accident
  • Andrew - infantile strokes, possible DPT reaction
  • Ben - infantile seizures
  • Nick - Down syndrome
  • Seth and Noah - autism
  • Miracles and research