Tentative Course Schedule
Day 1
8:00 am Introduction
8:30 am Horse movement/patient response
9:00 am Hippotherapy Conceptual Framework
10:00 am BREAK
10:15 am Analysis of the therapy horse
11:15 am Effects of good horse handling.
12:00 pm LUNCH
12:45 pm Halter heading practicum
1:45 pm Equipment options in leading
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm Safety rules and side-walking protocols
3:15 pm Matching horse to patient
3:45 pm Review patient videos/descriptions
4:30 pm Equipment options
5:00 pm Day concludes
Day 2
8:30 am Questions/review
8:45 am Co-treatment/teamwork
9:00 am Evaluation/pre- & post-tests of patients
10:00 am BREAK
10:15 am Demo of lunging & long lining
10:30 am Long lining practicum (horseless)
11:00 am Develop treatment plans
12:00 pm LUNCH
12:45 pm Prepare for patients
1:00 pm Practicum
2:15 pm BREAK
2:30 pm Practicum
3:45 pm Video review
4:45 pm Meet to review treatment plans
5:00 pm Day concludes
Day 4
8:30 am Questions & review
8:45 am Billing, coding, business issues
9:00 am Documentation practicum and discussion
10:15 am BREAK
10:30 am Best practice guidelines and standards of practice
11:15 am Evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, and research
12:00 pm LUNCH
12:45 pm Educational opportunities & resources
1:00 pm Review objectives
1:30 pm Course evaluations & wrap up
2:00 pm End of course
Day 3
8:30 am Questions/review
8:45 am Long lining practicum
10:00 am Long lining & leading –evaluation practicum
10:45 am BREAK
11:00 am Horse training and performance
11:45 am Meet to modify treatment plans
12:15 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm Patient documentation
2:00 pm BREAK
2:15 pm Patient Documentation
3:15 pm Discussion & review of videos
4:45 pm Documentation
5:15 pm Day concludes