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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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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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