Independent Component 2

LITERAL(a)  I, Amber Meek, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) My mentor, Cassandra Sanders-Holly, helped me complete my independent component two.

(c) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ged8kSTvzsDXn9v2lU16spEfqrFbAe2VBperQ1H9Xv0/edit(digital spreadsheet) (aka log of the 30 hours)

(d) For my independent component two, I did an additional thirty hours of my mentorship with Cassandra Sanders-Holly. I do my mentorship at Leaps and Bounds Pediatric Therapy in Norco. During my mentorship, I serve as a side-walker for the children riding the horse. These children have special needs, so I walk with them on one side of the horse to ensure that they don't fall off, and I assist them with anything they need help with. I help them get their helmet on, get their safety belt on, and I help walk them up the ramp. I also make sure they are always safe! For my mentorship, I also double as a horse handler. For a few sessions, I get to walk the horse and lead the session with the horse. I do whatever the therapist says, and it is fun to see different perspectives of things. I help get the horse ready by grooming and brushing them, and I make sure the saddle is put on properly for the patient. If anything were to happen, say the horse shies or spooks, I am responsible for keeping control of the horse. I ensure that the horse is safe and the patient will not be harmed.

INTERPRETIVE
Due to Hippotherapy being a form of therapy, there is a doctor to patient confidentiality that needs to be kept. I did not take any pictures with the patients, but here are a few pictures of patients who did allow pictures.

This is a patient who I work with. I work with her every Wednesday. It has been great watching her grow.

This is a shot of the arena where I volunteer at.

Here is a picture of a patient after a session. He was working on walking without his walker.

This is the owners daughter. She loves working with the horses and loves helping out with the kids.

APPLIED
This independent component helped me answer my Essential Question, because by working with my mentor, Cassie, I was able to obtain a lot of information. Cassie answered any and all questions that came up or that I had. Through my independent component two, I came up with two of my answers to my EQ. While working close with my mentor, the patient, and the horse, I was able to see how they all work so closely together. And I saw the connection to each. Without one of those three, hippotherapy would not be the same, and it would not be effective.