• Horseback Riding

• Meets ADA standards

• Staff Training: Adapted Physical Education/Therapeutic Recreation, NARHA

• Age range of participants: 1 to 18

• Adaptive equipment available
  Ramp lift to help riders mount horses, mounting blocks, helmets, gait belts

• Fee to participate in the Program : Civic Organization will sponsor a rider in need

• Accessible by Public Transportation: Yes
  
  
• Transportation Provided by the Program: No

Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy offers therapeutic equine-assisted activities and pleasure horseback riding to adults and children with disabilities. The horseback riding helps people of all disabilities, including autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, emotional disturbance, and other intellectual and developmental disabilities in improving and developing balance, coordination, self-esteem, self-awareness, muscle tone and strength, and attention span. It combines instruction in tradition horsemanship skills with concepts of physical therapy to improve the strength, balance and self-esteem of children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities.