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Articles on Equine-assisted Services (EAS) in which professionals incorporate horses and other equines to benefit people.
The 69th Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing will cover topics including Thoroughbred aftercare opportunities and challenges, race tracking technology, and steps to improve the integrity of the sport.
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“We are looking to provide an effective horse-based intervention to allow accrued fatigue and unprocessed memories of very challenging work through the pandemic to begin to be processed.”
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Results indicated a lower sympathetic tone in horses involved in sessions with children with autism, when compared with traditionally developing children.
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Wire had been deliberately tied around Zeke’s pastern. “We know he must have been in intense pain because he has become a completely different horse now.”
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Findings raise hopes that complementary and alternative methods of treatment help in complex and multifactorial conditions such as autism.
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An eight-week therapeutic riding program had positive effects on the gait of the teenagers enrolled in the study in South Korea.
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Foundation seeks proposals for resaerch to investigate the possible effects horses have on humans who have experienced trauma.
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The riding program had positive influences on overall social skills and communication in autistic youngsters, compared to the control group.
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Park Lane Stables worked hard to raise money through crowdfunding and reached the target after making television appeals.
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Research aims to address a lack of published research into the physical adaptations to equine-assisted therapy in adults with Parkinson’s disease.
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The authors recommend Equine-assisted Services (EAS) as the optimal and unifying term to refer to multiple services in which professionals incorporate horses and other equines to benefit people.
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Iowa’s Jester Park Equestrian Center runs a successful Veterans service “Horses Helping Heroes”, and plans to add programs for first responders, health care workers and survivors of domestic violence.
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“Human–animal interactions are emotionally charged events, eliciting specific emotional states in both subjects involved.”
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Equus Foundation has launched a new Equine Experiential Learning Initiative. Its first course explores the impact of the horse-human bond in the past and present.
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“You do not grow if you do not change. The demand for our services is enormous and we have responded to this by developing new programmes and opportunities for our community.”
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Both riders and dog owners profit in terms of wellbeing and mood from their pets, but the structure of these relationships differs, according to researchers.
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Mystery is only 26 inches tall but despite her small stature, the impact she has had serving those in her community is large.
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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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