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Hoofed Heroes is a NARHA (North American Riding for the
Handicapped Association) Center. Our instructor is a NARHA
Certified Instructor. Our goal is to provide physically, mentally and
emotionally challenged individuals an opportunity for emotional and
physical growth through horsemanship. Volunteers are the mainstay of
our program, along with our carefully chosen and highly trained
horses and ponies
Riders are accepted to our program based on an initial evaluation. We
follow NARHA guidelines in accepting riders. It is important to us that
we do not take riders who will in any way be harmed by the riding
experience. Once accepted, goals are set based on the initial
evaluation, and riders are then re-evaluated every three months and
new goals are set.
Our riding program is multi-faceted. We teach English and Western
riding to accomplish specific therapeutic goals. We work toward
educational goals such as pre-reading and reading, mathematics and
sequencing. We attend horse shows for the disabled and put on our
own horse shows and play days for our riders and others.
Hoofed Heroes is committed to improving the lives of our riders
through the use of horses. It is not unusual for a child who has never
walked before to discover that, though the strength and balance
developed on a horse, he or she can now begin to walk. The first
words or signs of many of our non-verbal riders are related to riding.
Therapy is fun instead of painful when provided on horseback.
Learning becomes a game rather than a chore. We see no limits in
our riders or what they, and we, can accomplish.
Handicapped Association) Center. Our instructor is a NARHA
Certified Instructor. Our goal is to provide physically, mentally and
emotionally challenged individuals an opportunity for emotional and
physical growth through horsemanship. Volunteers are the mainstay of
our program, along with our carefully chosen and highly trained
horses and ponies
Riders are accepted to our program based on an initial evaluation. We
follow NARHA guidelines in accepting riders. It is important to us that
we do not take riders who will in any way be harmed by the riding
experience. Once accepted, goals are set based on the initial
evaluation, and riders are then re-evaluated every three months and
new goals are set.
Our riding program is multi-faceted. We teach English and Western
riding to accomplish specific therapeutic goals. We work toward
educational goals such as pre-reading and reading, mathematics and
sequencing. We attend horse shows for the disabled and put on our
own horse shows and play days for our riders and others.
Hoofed Heroes is committed to improving the lives of our riders
through the use of horses. It is not unusual for a child who has never
walked before to discover that, though the strength and balance
developed on a horse, he or she can now begin to walk. The first
words or signs of many of our non-verbal riders are related to riding.
Therapy is fun instead of painful when provided on horseback.
Learning becomes a game rather than a chore. We see no limits in
our riders or what they, and we, can accomplish.