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Healing H’Arts, as discussed before, works with the surrounding colleges. Besides offering Occupational Therapy related classes to students at Ithaca College, we also work with Wells College offering their students horseback riding for their physical education requirement. This course is offered at two separate times during the week to better fit the students’ schedules. The…
From Silence Begins Success
Connor’s first visit to the Green Goose Acres hippotherapy program was not met with the usual giggles and smiles. When the non-verbal boy of about 8 was met with a riding helmet, loud angry noises expressed his discontent of the situation. With a look of encouragement sent Dad’s way, a push from behind and a…
My Journey to Hippotherapy By Anna Jordan
As a child, I never had a confident answer to the classic question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I thought I’d like to work with children or animals and make a meaningful difference in their lives, but I wasn’t sure how. When I was about twelve years old I read…
Nothin’ Like a Hug
by Kirsta Malone and dedicated to Carissa Mosher Her warm, soft breath felt so good on a cold, fall day like this one. The small pony wrapped her head and neck around the young girl’s small frame as if to give her a hug. The little girl giggled as she stroked the pony’s thick winter…
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