Equine Led Emotional and Social Learning Programmes

all our programmes operate during school term time

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One on One sessions. $150 for 45 minutes 

Group Sessions (maximum of 6) 8 Week Programme 1.5 hours per week $400 per student

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Programmes follow the principals of  the internationally recognised CASEL programmes focusing  on:  Self Awareness, Self Management​, Social Awareness,​ Relationship Skills, Positive Decision Making​

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• Sessions are trauma informed and follow experiential learning ​

• Learners  are led by the horses and learn how to be calm to enable a connection with the horses

• Learn to read the horses body language 

• Engage in hands-on experiences,  then reflect on these experiences,

• develop new concepts from their reflections

• test these new concepts through further actions and experiments.

 

Student Outcomes

Students who participate in our wellbeing programmes learn;

•  Confidence and self esteem development

•  How verbal and non-verbal communication affects the horses and relate this to how their own behaviour impacts those around them.

•  Understanding emotions and interception (sensations in the body) through practical exercises and

          observing the horses and their reactions.

•  Understanding emotions and accompanying behaviour

•  Providing students with information about the different personalities and characters of the horses, the

          behaviour of each horse and how we relate to them.

•  Guiding students through mindfulness: To come into the moment and move away from thoughts of the past or future.

•  Helping students to  recognise how being outdoors reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings and calmness.

• Teaching students how they can use nature to help regulate emotions and behaviour

• Relationship development providing students with information about the different

         personalities and characters of the horses, the behaviour of each horse and how to connect with them.

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