Developmental riding therapy
Subtitle: a team approach to assessment and treatment
By: by Jan Spink ; forewords by Aaron Katcher and Jean Tebay.
Publisher: Therapy Skill Builders
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Tucson, Ariz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Horsemanship -- Therapeutic use.; Horses -- Therapeutic use.; Rehabilitation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Evolution of developmental riding therapy as a subspecialty of therapeutic riding; value: Theoretical foundations of developmental riding therapy; value: Developmental riding therapist; value: Developmental riding therapy team; value: Recommended horsemanship competencies for the developmental riding therapists candidate and the practicing therapist; value: Therapy horse; value: Behavioral standards for the therapy horse: protocols for screening, desensitization and conditioning; value: Horse-handling techniques and the creation of a secure client-centered environment; value: Overview of the objectives, methods and applications of developmental riding therapy (DRT).