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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
EQSCI 120 | Title:
INTRO THER RIDING PRNCPL |
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| Full Title:
Introduction to Therapeutic Riding Principles |
| Last Reviewed:8/28/2017 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 1.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 1.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 17.50 |
| Minimum | 1.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 2 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 1.00 | | Contact Total | 17.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 35.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 52.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
AG 110
Catalog Description:
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An overview of the history, organization, principles and procedures in a therapeutic riding program for persons with disabilities. Skills and training required for staff, instructors, therapists, and volunteers will be covered in this course. The student will also learn how to select and care for a therapy horse.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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An overview of the history, organization, principles and procedures in a therapeutic riding program for persons with disabilities. Skills and training required for staff, instructors, therapists, and volunteers will be covered in this course. The student will also learn how to select and care for a therapy horse.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. List the therapeutic values of horseback riding for persons with
disabilities.
2. List the national and regional associations involved in therapeutic
riding, the services/programs offered, and how they can be of support
to a program.
3. Describe the range of physical and cognitive disabilities most often
encountered in the therapeutic riding setting.
4. Identify the roles of various personnel positions and other
professionals associated with therapeutic riding, and how they are
integrated into the equestrian program.
5. Discuss the role of safety procedures as it relates to the horses,
facility, students, staff and volunteers.
6. Observe and critique a therapeutic riding session.
Repeating students:
1. Increase level of security/trust with the horse.
2. Further develop control skills.
3. Increase level of safety.
Topics and Scope
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I. Introduction to Therapeutic Riding
A. The development of programs of riding for persons with
disabilities
B. Benefits of therapeutic riding; what disabilities are best served
C. Various riding associations will be discussed as they relate to
therapeutic riding. Some examples include NARHA, CANTRA, CHA, and
CALNET
II. Common Conditions/Characteristics seen in persons in Therapeutic
Riding
A. Types of physical disabilities
B. Types of cognitive disabilities
C. Relating to the disabled student
III. The Horse and the Riding Session
A. Factors in horse selection
B. Safety issues related to:
1. horse handling and care
2. emergency procedures
3. selection, care and fit of tack to horse and rider
IV. The Therapeutic Riding Team
A. Roles of volunteers as horse handlers, sidewalkers, spotters
B. Role of the instructor
C. Role of consultants: physical, occupational, speech, recreational
therapist, and school personnel
D. Components of a riding lesson: warm up, exercises, games, riding
skill
E. Components of a hippotherapy session
V. With course repeat
A. Increasing level of security/trust with the horse
B. Further development of control skills
C. Increasing level of safety
Assignments:
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1. Chapters will be assigned from textbook and industry handouts, approximately 30 pages per week
2. Preparation for skill demonstrations
3. Summaries and written homework
4. Performance exam
5. 2-5 quizzes and exam
With course repeat, skills demonstrations related to:
1. Increased level of security/trust with the horse.
2. Further development of control skills.
3. Increased level of safety.
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 and summaries | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| 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
40 - 55% |
| Quizzes and exams | |
| 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 Therapeutic Riding Team: by Barbara Engle, Margaret Galloway and Mary Bull, 2008
Barbara Engle Therapy Services, Publisher, Durango, CO
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