Special Needs, Special Horses: A Guide to the Benefits of Therapeutic Riding

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194 Notes Preface฀ 1.฀From฀author’s฀interview฀with฀Michael฀Kaufmann,฀NARHA฀Communications ฀Director,฀July,฀2002.฀ 2.฀Barbara฀Engel.฀The฀Horse,฀the฀Handicapped,฀and฀the฀Riding฀Team฀in฀ a฀Therapeutic฀Riding฀Program,฀(1994)฀and฀Therapeutic฀Riding฀vols.฀I฀ and฀II.,฀(1998). 3.฀Sarah฀Muniz,฀NARHA฀Membership฀Coordinator,฀September,฀2004.฀ 4.฀Canadian฀Therapeutic฀Riding฀Association฀(CanTRA)฀website,฀April,฀ 2004,฀http://www.cantra.ca. 5.฀From฀author’s฀interview฀with฀Michael฀Kaufmann,฀NARHA฀Communications ฀Director,฀July,฀2002. Chapter฀One 1.฀ From฀ author’s฀ interview฀ with฀ Brandon฀ Barnette’s฀ mother,฀ Melissa฀ Turner,฀Keller,฀Texas,฀March,฀2002. 2.฀From฀author’s฀interview฀with฀Ronald฀Faries,฀D.C.,฀Keller,฀Texas,฀July,฀ 2002. 3.฀AHA฀website,฀What฀is฀Hippotherapy,฀April,฀2004,฀http://www.americanhippotherapyassociation .org. 4.฀NARHA฀website,฀About฀NARHA,฀April,฀2004,฀http://www.narha.org. 5.฀EFMHA฀website,฀Fact฀Sheet,฀April,฀2004,฀http://www.narha.org. 6.฀EFMHA฀website,฀article฀in฀NARHA฀Strides฀magazine,฀Winter฀1998,฀by฀ Isabella฀(Boo)฀McDaniel,฀M.Ed.,฀NARHA฀Master฀Instructor,฀co-founder ฀of฀EFMHA,฀May,฀2002,฀http://www.narha.org,฀link฀to฀EFMHA. 7.฀EFMHA฀website,฀Fact฀Sheet,฀April,฀2004,฀http://www.narha.org. 8.฀From฀author’s฀interviews฀with฀Holly฀Robinson,฀NARHA฀Registered฀ Instructor,฀Keller,฀Texas,฀February฀through฀July,฀2002. horse2.indd฀฀฀194 3/11/05฀฀฀2:11:06฀PM NOTES 195 Chapter฀Two 1.฀From฀author’s฀interviews฀with฀Holly฀Robinson,฀NARHA฀Registered฀ Instructor,฀Keller,฀Texas,฀February฀through฀July,฀2002. 2.฀The฀paragraphs฀quoted฀were฀taken฀from฀a฀research฀paper฀at฀North฀ Carolina฀State฀University,฀by฀Barbara฀Stender,฀M.฀Ed.฀Adult฀Education /Gerontology.฀Sivewright,฀M.,฀Thinking฀Riding,฀London:฀J.฀A.฀Allen ,฀1984.฀Fuller,฀E.,฀(Ed.)฀Exercise:฀getting฀the฀elderly฀going.฀Patient฀ Care฀16,฀67-110.฀Stender฀formulated฀“Ridercise฀for฀Adults฀over฀Fifty”฀ during฀twenty฀years฀of฀teaching฀adults฀to฀ride. Chapter฀Three 1.฀ Author฀ was฀ told฀ by฀ an฀ authority฀ on฀ therapeutic฀ riding฀ at฀ a฀ major฀ American฀university฀that฀he฀had฀heard฀horseback฀riding฀was฀used฀in฀ rehabilitating฀veterans฀from฀both฀World฀Wars฀I฀and฀II. 2.฀Helga฀Vogel฀is฀a฀pioneer฀of฀therapeutic฀horseback฀riding฀in฀Germany,฀ enlisted฀by฀Professor฀Kurt-Alphons฀Jochheim,฀leader฀of฀the฀Rehabilitation ฀Center฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Koln,฀to฀help฀establish฀a฀program฀ in฀this฀field.฀In฀May,฀1969฀she฀started฀with฀a฀group฀of฀handicapped฀ children.฀Vogel฀stated฀in฀a฀letter฀to฀the฀author฀in฀February,฀2003:฀“In฀ Germany฀there฀were฀many฀officer-riders.฀After฀the฀war฀some฀of฀them฀ were฀handicapped,฀many฀with฀amputated฀arms฀or฀legs.฀They฀were฀ horse-enthusiasts฀and฀wanted฀to฀ride,฀and฀to฀get฀more฀freedom฀of฀ movement฀on฀horseback.฀They฀needed฀special฀reins฀or฀saddles,฀and฀ developed฀therapeutic฀riding฀in฀my฀country.”฀In฀1970฀The฀German฀ Kuratorium฀for฀Therapeutic฀Riding฀was฀founded฀and฀equine฀assisted฀ activities฀were฀divided฀into฀three฀parts:฀(1.)฀Hippotherapy,฀(2.)฀Padagogic ฀and฀Psychotherapy฀for฀the฀mentally฀disturbed,฀and฀(3.)฀Sport฀ riding฀for฀handicapped฀and฀blind฀riders.฀Vogel฀is฀the฀author฀of฀Integration ฀und฀Rehabilitation,฀Ruschlikin:฀Albert฀Muller฀Verlag฀1987.฀ 3.฀Anna฀Vlachos,฀A฀History฀of฀the฀Windsor-Essex฀Therapeutic฀Riding฀Association ,฀(1996)฀10. 4.฀Ronald฀C.฀Adams,฀Games,฀Sports฀and฀Exercises฀(London:฀Henry฀Kimpton ฀Publishers,฀1972),฀157.฀ 5.฀Anna฀Vlachos,฀A฀History฀of฀the฀Windsor-Essex฀Therapeutic฀Riding฀Association ,฀(1996). horse2.indd฀฀฀195 3/11/05฀฀฀2:11:06฀PM NOTES 196 6.฀Windsor-Essex฀Therapeutic฀Riding฀Association฀statistics฀from฀website ,฀September,฀2004,฀http://www.wetra.ca.฀ 7.฀Sandy฀Webster฀Stolte,฀Program฀Director฀at฀Community฀Association฀of฀ Riding฀for฀the฀Disabled฀for฀thirteen฀years฀and฀Executive฀Director฀for฀ two฀years,฀supplied฀this฀history฀in฀email฀to฀author฀May,฀2002. 8.฀ NARHA,฀ July,฀ 2002,฀ and฀ Cheff฀ Center฀ website,฀ September,฀ 2004,฀ http://www.cheffcenter.org. 9.฀Patricia฀Diness,฀President฀of฀Winslow฀Therapeutic฀Riding฀Unlimited,฀ Inc.,฀in฀email฀to฀author฀July,฀2002. 10.฀Winslow฀website,฀September,฀2004,฀http://www.฀winslow.org. 11.฀EAGALA฀website,฀April,฀2004,฀http://www.eagala.org.฀฀ 12.฀NARHA฀website,฀July,฀2002,฀http://www.narha.org. 13.฀ American฀ Hippotherapy฀ Association,฀ Inc.฀ (AHA),฀ 5001฀ Woodside฀ Rd.,฀ Woodside,฀ California,฀ 888-851-4592,฀ http://www.americanhippotherapyassociation .org. 14.฀ Equine฀ Facilitated฀ Mental฀ Health฀ Association฀ (EFMHA)฀ website,฀ April,฀2004,฀http://www.narha.org. 15.฀From฀author’s฀interview฀with฀Michael฀Kaufmann,฀NARHA฀Communications ฀Director,฀and฀website,฀April,฀2004,฀http://www.narha.org. 16.฀ NARHA฀ website,฀ About฀ NARHA,฀ April,฀ 2004,฀ http://www.narha. org. 17.฀Sarah฀Muniz,฀NARHA฀Membership฀Coordinator,฀September,฀2004. 18.฀Canadian฀Therapeutic฀Riding฀Association฀(CanTRA)฀website,฀April,฀ 2004,฀http://www.cantra.ca. Chapter฀Four 1.฀From฀author’s฀telephone฀interview฀with฀Lili...