Equine Assisted Services

Our Equine Assisted Services include activities utilizing horses where participants learn foundational social and emotional skills to help enhance their well-being and interpersonal relationships. Our curriculums utilizes equine therapy concepts integrated with social emotional learning (SEL) principles that help youth to address mental health and social challenges that traditional methods may not accomplish alone.

Our programs include:

  • Beyond Horsemanship

  • Equine Assisted Learning

  • Equine Assisted Psychotherapy

These programs are facilitated in an individual and group setting and can benefit individuals, families, community groups, schools and organizations, corporate entities, and more! Due to the indoor setting of the Blazer Foundation Therapeutic Learning Arena we are able to offer these programs year round.

“Why Horses?”

Equine Assisted Services are successful due to horses’ natural ability to pick up on human emotion, expression, and needs. Horses are exceptionally patient, perceptive, and highly attuned to their environment, allowing them to detect and mirror human moods in a non-judgmental manner. As a person interacts and bonds with the horse, self-awareness occurs, and emotional healing starts to begin.

“Horses have an incredible ability to bring out the best in people. Their sensitivity to human emotions makes them perfect partners in therapy, helping individuals to process and overcome deep-seated trauma.”
— Temple Grandin

Beyond Horsemanship

This type of programming can be performed in a group or individual setting and includes recreational and educational activities such as grooming, leading, observation, and equine handling. Beyond horsemanship programs include curriculum and clinics that are created with the belief and intent that all recreation can be therapeutic. Horsemanship programs are open to the public, and participants can register through our website.

Equine Assisted Learning

Equine assisted learning programs are social and emotional education programs that involve horse observation, interaction and handling and are commonly done in a group setting. These programs are beneficial for individuals and groups looking to improve on things such as;

  • emotional and social awareness

  • emotional and social regulation

  • resilience and self management

  • building relationship skills

  • making responsible choices

Equine assisted learning programs are open to the public through an online registration process or can be facilitated by our staff.

To receive more information about upcoming programs view the available programs link below, click here, or call us at (815) 987-8828 for more information.

Equine Assisted Pyschotherapy

Equine assisted psychotherapy programs are available in an individual or family setting and focuses on the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of the participants. EAP programming brings people and horses together for personal and powerful growth experiences to developmentally or behaviorally challenged youth. Participants who are overcoming adversity, abuse, or emotional trauma can also find healing through our Equine Assisted Psychotherapy programs. A licensed Mental Health Professional is present and facilitating for all EAP based programs.

To receive more information about upcoming programs, click here or call us at (815) 987-8828 for more information.