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Prairie Sky Equine Assisted Therapy
  • Home
  • Our Programs
    • Adaptive Riding Program
    • Positive Pathways - Youth
    • PTSD Program
  • Why Equine Therapy
  • Our Team
    • The Humans
    • The Horses
  • Donate
  • Volunteer
  • Contact Us
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what is equine assisted therapy?

Participants work with horses to promote motor and cognitive function, foster emotional awareness and increase physical strength. Programs are customized to the individual's needs + abilities.


A bond with a horse is powerful - it helps build trust, respect, empathy, confidence, communication skills, and self-control.

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Changing lives one ride at a time

Our mission is to build a healthy and inclusive community through access to therapeutic equine activities.

THE BENEFITS

Resilience

Resilience

Resilience

  A toolkit to weather any storm: the ability to cope mentally and emotionally through difficulties.

Healing

Resilience

Resilience

Fostering healing through self-awareness, reflection and mindfulness. 

Growth

Resilience

Leadership

Increasing cognitive ability, motor function, emotional intelligence, and physical literacy.

Leadership

Resilience

Leadership

 Building confidence, self-esteem, problem solving, and social and communication 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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5151 101 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T3L 1S4, Canada

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