Monday, January 21, 2013

Third Interview Questions

1) What is the most important Benefit a child with special needs receives through equine assisted therapy?
2) Do you have any ideas of what I can do for an activity during a presentation I will be giving?
3) What are the factors to consider when doing hippotherapy?
4) Does age of a patient matter?
5)Why do you use different horses for different patients?
6) Does age of the horse play factor?
7) What are the effects that hippotherapy gives to a patient?
8) Is it better to use a bareback pad rather than a saddle?
9) Are there different techniques that you use for each patient? Or is it just one technique for all the patients?
10) Can you recommend any sources or books I can use for further research?

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 hours check

1) I am doing my mentorship at a facility called Leaps and Bounds. Leaps and Bounds helps disabled children by hippotherapy. Hippotherapy is a physical, occupational or speech and language therapy treatment strategy that utilizes the horse's movement.

2)My contact is Casandra Sanders-Holly.

3) My total mentorship hours are about 25 hours.

4) In the 25 hours of my volunteering, I have side walked with the children while they are on the horse. The purpose of this is to make sure the children are safe and don't fall off. I have also helped get the horses ready to ride. I have groomed, brushed, and saddled the horses.  I have also set up and put away the equipment we use.  I recently have even gotten to lead the horse in a day of therapy sessions.