Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies - Best Practices

Catalog description

Credits 3. 2 Lecture Hours. 2 Lab Hours. Course explores equine assisted services (EAS) best practices, including: principles of EAS, horse welfare, safety factors, effective techniques to promote healing of participants, and career options. Upon completion of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to define what constitutes a safe and effective EAS program and outline a business model for such a program. Prerequisites: Junior or senior classification.