A volunteer experience that enables students to obtain hands on participation in a therapeutic riding program.
Students receive volunteer training prior to assisting in a therapeutic riding class.
Students will mainatain a log about their experience that will be turned in for feedback. This course is a prerequisite for all other therapeutic riding courses. Particular emphasis will be placed on the muscular and skeletal systems. Three hours of lecture and three hours laboratory per week. Laboratories will utilize CD ROM technology, as well as Kinesthetic models to study the basics of human structure and function.