About this user
Horse Boy Method is specific to Autism and neuro-psychiatric conditions. It's a simple 3 stage process. We create the right environment, address sensory issues and these then allow perspective taking and academics to be taught from the saddle: riding with the child.
Though some children emerge as riders, we are not here to teach children to ride. We are here to get communication. The horse is our colleague in this process.
If there is one thing that defines Autism it is the difficulty of relating to the exterior world. The horse can carry a person into the exterior world without resistance and provide a living, breathing environment where information can be easily received and retained.
The methods we use are not based on theory. They are child led: based on years of working with Rowan and other people on the spectrum and developing what worked consistently for them.
Get the environment and sensory work right and the child's intellect has a chance to come to the fore. Often astonishingly so.
By following the child's lead, honing our riding skills so that we can create soft rhythms at walk, trot and canter, involving the family and addressing their needs too, using circus tricks, and even dressage we get to see rapid and lasting changes.
Age
30
Hometown
Austin
Country
United States
Companies
Horse Boy LLC
Interests
Autism, horses, family, parenting, travel, dressage, therapeutic riding, complementary medicine, alternative medicine, special needs, animals, children, live free ride free, education, nature, humor, horse training
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