Presented by: Joann Benjamin, PT, HPCS & Ruth Dismuke Blakely, MS, CCC-SLP, HPCS

The AHA, Inc intends that this updated Framework reflects current thinking in our fields, and with practical implementation, becomes a useful clinical reasoning guide in practice, or a theoretical foundation for research questions. Whether hearing about the HCF for the first time or getting a fresh perspective on previously learned concepts, the AHA, Inc’s HCF provides the guiding structure for the American model of hippotherapy as a tool in treatment.