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Prairie Sky Equine Assisted Therapy
  • Home
  • Our Programs
    • ADAPTIVE RIDING
    • POSITIVE PATHWAYS YOUTH
    • FIRST RESPONDER/MILITARY
  • Why Equine-Assisted?
  • Our Team
    • The Humans
    • The Horses
  • Donate
  • Volunteer
  • Contact Us
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WHY EQUINE-ASSISTED SERVICES?

A bond with a horse is powerful—helping to build trust, respect, empathy, self-regulation, confidence, and more.

Equine-assisted services include adaptive or therapeutic horseback riding, groundwork, and other horsemanship activities. Programs are led by certified instructors and tailored to each participant's needs.

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Changing lives one ride at a time

A horse’s rhythmic, multi-directional movement requires riders to continually adjust their posture and core stability—helping to build balance, coordination, motor control, physical strength, mobility, and body awareness.

In the saddle and on the ground, horses respond in real time to a participant's movement, body language, and cues—creating meaningful opportunities to build verbal & non-verbal communication skills, self-awareness, problem-solving & decision-making abilities, and sensory engagement.

THE BENEFITS

Resilience

Resilience

Resilience

  Building a toolkit to navigate challenges, cope with stress, adapt to change, and develop mental strength.

WELL-BEING

Resilience

Resilience

Fostering emotional healing through self-awareness, reflection, regulation, & increased mindfulness. 

Growth

Resilience

Leadership

Supporting cognitive development, motor coordination, emotional intelligence, & physical abilities.

Leadership

Resilience

Leadership

 Building confidence, independence, problem-solving, communication & interpersonal skills. 

"PSEAT is an amazing organization focused on confidence building and trust. It never ceases to amaze me how horses can bring out the best in people, and help our clients achieve some major milestones. This program is truly something special for everyone involved."

THE RESEARCH on equine-assisted therapy

The Efficacy of Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies on Improving Physical Function

This 2015 study concluded that “equine-assisted activities and therapies are an effective means of improving many measures of physical health”. Specifically, the study concluded that improvements in gross motor function, spasticity, muscle symmetry, posture, balance and gait have been realized by individuals with varying disabilities. 

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Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Veterans

This 2018 research paper strived to measure the effectiveness of equine assisted therapy as an intervention to reduce symptoms that include anxiety, flashbacks and emotional numbing, and increase coping capacity for U.S. military veterans that were diagnosed with PTSD. The study found that participants had significantly decreased PTSD scores after three weeks of Therapeutic Horseback Riding (THR) and concluded that THR may be a clinically effective treatment for alleviating PTSD symptoms. 

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OUR PROGRAMS

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