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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
AG 112 | Title:
THER RIDING PRO OPERTNS |
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| Full Title:
Therapeutic Riding Program Operations |
| Last Reviewed:8/28/2017 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
39 - Total 2 Times
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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A survey course designed for the individual interested in operating or working in a therapeutic riding program. Understanding the client base: what disabilities may be served, and how their needs can most effectively be addressed in the therapeutic riding setting. Aspects of business organization, physical plant operations, personnel procedures and inter-agency relations will be presented.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of EQSCI 120 ( or AG 110 or AG 280.66)
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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A course for the individual interested in working in a therapeutic riding program. Understanding the client base: what disabilities may be served, and how needs can be addressed in a therapeutic riding setting. Aspects of business organization, physical plant operations, personnel procedures and inter-agency relations will be presented.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of EQSCI 120 ( or AG 110 or AG 280.66)
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:39 - Total 2 Times
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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The student will:
1. Name stages of normal childhood mental and physical development.
2. Identify components of a behavioral plan.
3. List common disabilities encountered in therapeutic riding courses
utilizing proper medical terms.
4. Describe the physical, mental, psychological characteristics of
disabilities observed in the riding setting.
5. Create a business plan for a therapeutic riding program.
6. Design a physical plant layout for a therapeutic riding center.
7. Discuss evaluation procedures.
8. Discuss recruitment, retention and training of staff and volunteers.
9. Identify support resources; how they could be best utilized and how to
obtain those services which are available, (computer software
programs, professional agency assistance, and consultants).
Topics and Scope
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1. Human growth and development as demonstrated through therapeutic
riding
2. Human behavior/psychology.
3. Medical terminology and vocabulary as it pertains to therapeutic
riding
4. Instruction in etiology/management/awareness and sensitivity
training in relation to:
a. physical impairments
b. cognitive impairments
c. sensory impairments
d. psycho-social impairments
e. speech and language impairments
5. Facilities, equipment design considerations, and safety features,
relating to students with disabilities.
6. Recruitment, management, supervision and training of staff and
volunteers.
7. Administrative considerations: legal structure, funding, marketing,
public relations, risk management, quality assurance, inclusions,
exclusions, required forms, and insurance-liability.
8. Review of specific computer programs and internet resources.
9. Inter-agency relations.
10. Evaluation and program development.
Assignments:
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1. A research paper will be written on therapeutic riding.
2. The student will design a disabled riding facility.
3. There will be reading assignments from the text.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
35 - 50% |
| Written homework, Reading reports, Term papers | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
40 - 55% |
| Homework problems, Quizzes, Exams | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
10 - 25% |
| Class performances, Performance exams | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 0% |
| None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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THE HORSE, THE HANDICAPPED, AND THE RIDING TEAM IN A THERAPEUTIC RIDING
PROGRAM: by Barbara Teichmann Engel, Margaret Lois Galloway, Mary P. Bull
Publisher: Barbara Engel Therapy Services, 1994
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