Intended Audience:
Horse handlers for therapists utilizing equine movement with their patients, PATH Intl. or CHA instructors, equine specialists, horse trainers, volunteers, and/or therapists. 

Course Description:
This course is designed for the horse handler involved in therapy sessions that implement hippotherapy as a treatment tool, as well as the equine specialist or owner interested in developing a connection with their horse through leading, longeing, and long lining. The course is also open to therapists interested in learning more about assessing horses as potential therapy candidates, including recognizing desirable qualities of conformation and movement, and recognizing quality handling.

Course Prerequisite: 
There is no course prerequisite.

Learning Outcomes: 

• Describe 3 principles of training and maintaining a therapy horse.
• Describe 3 purposes of handling methods for the therapy horse.
• Explain 3 safety aspects of training and handling a therapy horse.
• Explain all the equipment necessary for training a therapy horse.
• Describe the therapeutic value of appropriate preparation for a
therapy horse before a treatment session.
• Describe the process of transfers and emergency procedures using
longlines