Well Thank you very much I hadn't thought of that, will do
I recently found a Hippotherapy center that is near my parent's home - and being as we are big horse lovers and my son loves animals and being in motion I am really interested in it. Anyone have any experiences with this?
Yes, my son adores it!
We are on the waitlist to get our son tested. He is three and hardly talks, tiptoes alot, cant stand being dirty among other things. Hes been having fits lately of screaming, kicking and full blown tantrums for no apparent reason at things that never bothered him before. Anyone deal with this before and if so what did you do? Again he hasnt been diagnosed yet.
My Son stopped having meltdowns when we started taking him to Hippotherapy two times a week. ( It's O.T. on horseback.) The movement helped him greatly. If this isn't something you can or want to try… read more
My mother in law is a cosmetologist, and apparently one of her clients does horse therapy in our area with special needs kids... Like went to school for it... Has anyone had any experience with this? What did you think? Likes? Dislikes? My daughter (7 years old) loves horses and I think would love just horseback riding lessons. The therapy is much more expensive which is ok, I just am not sure what it will teach her that she doesn't already know about animals/horses. I guess I'm trying to decide… read more
Our 17 year old son just started a horseback riding and social skills group in California, called Trails to Success, and he loves it! He loves to relate to the horses, and feels relaxed in nature… read more
by ur exprince what was the best thearpy that makes diffrent aba thearpy OT speech if aba how many hours weekly ???
i give my child 2 speech 2 OT 2 ABA each 45 minutes is that ok i started 2 months ago only
i like to hear more opinion about this subject
Has anyone tried hippotherapy? Positives? Negatives?
Oh lucky you! What a great opportunity. I hope it goes well. It is worth every penny.
My son is on the spectrum and I wanted to know what therapies fellow parents would suggest? How old did you start them off in therapies? And how many differe t therapies did you or do you have your kiddos in all together? Any advice would help my out so much!
Thank you guys ♡
My son is 15. When he was a toddler he had all kinds of therapists and a developmental psychiatrist. I found the occupational and developmental therapy helped. Then we tried ABA which helped him… read more
Has anyone tried hippo therapy? If yes, do you believe it was beneficial to your child? Did they accept insurance and did insurance cover any of the cost?
Also, was thinking about maybe karate or swimming. Has anyone’s child took part in these or any other sport/s that helped with socialization, independence and confidence building? Thank you.
My daughter did swimming lessons and it was ok. She loves the water. It was fine when she was 5yrs because the kids all were splashing and splashing each other and not listening to the instructor very… read more
My son is 7 years old. a good friend offered to give my daughter (age 9) a horse. She can either choose an adult (that would need to be trained) or a colt that she can have in 3 years. My worries are that my son with ASD would get hurt around the horse. He is not scared of anything, however reading about hippotherapy, horses are very therapeutic. Any thoughts??
I think I will look into some places close to home that does hippotherapy. I don't think it is safe to have a horse in my back yard. Gaetano has already sneaked outside and into the fish pond.
In need of a facility in our general region (tri-state area of WV, MD & PA) of Appalachia in Western MD, which offers hippotherapy, or possibly a local horse-owner with a big heart...PLEASE make suggestions; MUCH-appreciated!!