附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Equine assisted activities -- Description -- Benefits -- Origin and history -- Instructors and therapists -- Owners, community, volunteers -- Horses -- Procedures -- Recreational riding, with profile of Amy -- Hippotherapy, with profile of Cory -- Alternatives: vaulting and driving -- Competition -- Riding on their own -- Starting a new NARHA center -- Right trail: program for troubled youth -- Part II: Case studies -- Leah: Intrauterine stroke -- Brandon: Cerebral palsy -- Barbara: Transverse myelitis -- Larry: Parkinson's disease -- Kate: Paralysis, accident -- Alicia: Sensory integration -- Tracy: Multiple sclerosis -- Stephen: Shaken baby -- Milan: Sensory damage, accident -- Lynn: Paralympic games champion -- Andrew: Strokes, possible DPT reaction -- Ben: Seizures; hemispherectomy -- Nick: Down syndrome -- Seth and Noah: Autism -- Miracles and research.
摘要:A growing number of individuals with special needs are discovering the benefits of therapies and activities involving horse riding. Naomi Scott, offers information about the amazing results possible with therapeutic riding, or hippotherapy.
