Pegasus Luncheon with Georgina Bloomberg
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
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Pegasus provides equine-assisted activities and therapies to more than 225 children and adults with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities. They currently run programs at five chapters: Fox Hill Farm in Pleasantville, New York; Kelsey Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut; New Canaan Mounted Troop in New Canaan, Connecticut; Ox Ridge Hunt Club in Darien, Connecticut; and their 20-acre Pegasus Farm in Brewster, New York.
All of their instructors, physical therapists and occupational therapists are PATH International-certified and have first aid and CPR training. Their instructors are assisted by scores of dedicated volunteers; without this vital partnership, the program could not exist. For more information on how to become a volunteer, click Volunteer with Pegasus.
Pegasus offers both a therapeutic riding program and Horses & Me, an equine learning and barn education program. Therapeutic riding exercises both “mind and muscle” and can produce remarkably improved mobility, balance, posture, coordination, language development, behavior control and concentration. Lessons include instruction in basic riding skills as well as opportunities for social interaction, recreation, sport, therapy, and work with developmental concepts.
Horses & Me activities take place during unmounted sessions in the barn and/or arena. Students progress through sequenced activities adapted to their abilities. Lessons can include ground training, equine first aid, grooming, identifying parts of the horse, and how to tack up, lead and lunge a horse. Students engage their minds, hearts and bodies, and each activity mutually benefits horses and humans.
Pegasus provides equine-assisted activities and therapies to more than 225 children and adults with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities. They currently run programs at five chapters: Fox Hill Farm in Pleasantville, New York; Kelsey Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut; New Canaan Mounted Troop in New Canaan, Connecticut; Ox Ridge Hunt Club in Darien, Connecticut; and their 20-acre Pegasus Farm in Brewster, New York.
All of their instructors, physical therapists and occupational therapists are PATH International-certified and have first aid and CPR training. Their instructors are assisted by scores of dedicated volunteers; without this vital partnership, the program could not exist. For more information on how to become a volunteer, click Volunteer with Pegasus.
Pegasus offers both a therapeutic riding program and Horses & Me, an equine learning and barn education program. Therapeutic riding exercises both “mind and muscle” and can produce remarkably improved mobility, balance, posture, coordination, language development, behavior control and concentration. Lessons include instruction in basic riding skills as well as opportunities for social interaction, recreation, sport, therapy, and work with developmental concepts.
Horses & Me activities take place during unmounted sessions in the barn and/or arena. Students progress through sequenced activities adapted to their abilities. Lessons can include ground training, equine first aid, grooming, identifying parts of the horse, and how to tack up, lead and lunge a horse. Students engage their minds, hearts and bodies, and each activity mutually benefits horses and humans.
