Hippotherapy Treatment Principles Part II Tentative Daily 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.

12:00pm   Lunch

12:45 pm  Halter Leading 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    End of day

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 Tx plans

5:00 pm   End of day

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   Patients Documentation

2:00 pm   Break

2:15 pm   Patients Documentation

3:15 pm   Discussion/Review of Videos

4:45 pm   Documentation

5:15 pm   End of day

Day 4

8:30 am   Questions/Review

8:45 am   Billing/Coding/Business issues

9:00 am   Documentation Practicum/Discussion

10:15 am  Break

10:30 am  Best Practice Guidelines; Standards of Practice

11:15 am  Evidence-Based Practice/Clinical Reasoning/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

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