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“Equine students’ prosocial behavior is four times better than that of non-equine students. This result is remarkable and supports the idea that being around horses improves students’ social competences.”
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Horses Helping Heroes’ mission is to build a veteran’s confidence through a relationship with the horse by creating opportunities to develop skills that can be used in their daily life.
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“We suggest that horses are animals that can create a positive first impression and a therapeutically favorable space for adolescents.”
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Major jumps in wellbeing scores were recorded by particpants after taking part in a riding programme.
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Scientists and engineers will use a $US600,000 grant to study the effectiveness of the simulated riding device.
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Results in the Canadian study indicate that the therapy horses were sensitive to behavioural or emotional differences in their riders.
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“This will be the first time research conducted with EAAT will measure the same physiological markers of stress and well-being simultaneously in both the horses and veterans.”
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The study also examine how much therapeutic horseback riding a child needs to see measurable results and how long those results last.
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A three-year funding programme has been announced by the Society for Companion Animal Studies to support research that furthers understanding of the human-animal bond.
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New center will be home to equine sciences undergraduate classes, and equine assisted activities and therapies, and will be a base for research.
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Treatment completion is the greatest challenge for the treatment of substance use disorders.
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Anecdotal responses from parents and caregivers suggested that the children were more positive, focused and calm both inside and outside the program.
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Four researchers set out to determine if a program centered around equine education would promote emotional safety and learning in at-risk youth.
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“Emotional transfer and connectedness along with mutual beneficial effects of touching and physical proximity, may represent the backbones sustaining the relationship.”
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The potential of human-animal interactions to increase empathy in children and young people is noted in British study.
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Conscious Horse Conscious Rider Facilitator and Practitioner Armina Bridgeman shares the five most common misconceptions she sees about horses and their owners.
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“Psychophysiological effects of Equine-assisted therapy on horses and in veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)” will explore the efficacy of equine-facilitated psychotherapy (EFP) on humans and horses.
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The children who took part in sessions that involved horses built muscle, burned fat and increased their levels of activity and self-confidence.
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The Equus Foundation supports equine charities nationwide that save and re-home horses and charities that partner with horses to improve the well-being of people.
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“We soon found that these two have a very special talent, we realised they were so empathetic.”
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