Upcoming Course Schedule
Hippotherapy Treatment Principles – Part I A & B (Webinar Format)
Part I A Foundations Course
Part I A Foundations Prerequisites:
Basic Equine Skills Course (online course) -- Must Be Completed at Least 3 days Prior to Webinar
Part I Hippotherapy Treatment Principles Online Learning Module (online course) -- Must Be Completed at Least 3 days Prior to Webinar
Failure to complete the course successfully 3 days before the first day of the Level I course can result in the forfeiture of all registration fees and access to the course.
August 7-8, 2025 - 6 AM MDT to 10:30 AM MDT
Faculty: Carol Huegel, PT, HPCS and Jeanni Bonine MS, OTR/L, HPCS, CTRI
September 19-20, 2025 - 6 AM MDT to 10:30 AM MDT
Faculty: Gina Taylor, MS, OT, HPCS and Kelly Coney Pacious PT, DPT, HPCS
November 13-14, 2025 - course time to be announced
Part I B Applications Webinar
(MUST ATTEND PART 1 A FOUNDATION WEBINAR FIRST & COMPLETE THE PREREQUISITE WORKSHEET)
Preview the prerequisite worksheet here
*Registration closes two weeks before course date
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May 15-16, 2025 - 6 AM MDT - 10:30 AM MDT
August 22-23, 2025 - 5:00 AM MDT to 11:00 AM MDT
Faculty: Gina Taylor, MS, OT, HPCS and Kelly Coney Pacious PT, DPT, HPCS
October 3, 2025 - 10 AM MDT - 4:00 PM MDT and October 4, 2025 - 6 AM MDT - 12 PM MDT
December 4-5, 2025 - 8:00 AM MST - 2:00 PM MST
Hippotherapy Treatment Principles – Part I (On-site)
June 9-11, 2025
Location: Poplar Grove, IL - Bravehearts
Faculty: Lisa Harris, MSVS, PT, HPCS
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July 18-20, 2025
Location: Dripping Springs, TX - RED Arena
Faculty: Lisa Harris, MSVS, PT, HPCS
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Hippotherapy Treatment Principles – Part II (On-site)
June 18-21, 2025
Location: Skyline in Edgewood, NM
Faculty: Joann Benjamin, PT, HPCS and Ruth Dismuke-Blakely, MS, CCC-SLP, HPCS
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October 24-27, 2025
Location: Greenlock Therapeutic Riding in Rehoboth, MA
Faculty: Mary Helene Chaplin, PT, HPCS and Lesley Lautenschlager, MS, OTR, HPCS
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November 6-9, 2025
Location: TherAplay in Carmel, IN
Faculty: Lesley Lautenschlager, MS, OTR, HPCS and Lisa Harris, MSVS, PT, HPCS
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Connection Courses (Webinars)
AHA, INC. Horse Connection Course: Maximizing Your Horse’s Potential
This course is designed for the horse handler involved in therapy sessions that implement hippotherapy as a treatment tool as well as the equine specialist or owner interested in developing a connection with their horse through leading, longeing and long lining. The course is also open to therapists interested in learning more about assessing horses as potential therapy candidates, including recognizing desirable qualities of conformation and movement, and also recognizing quality handling.
Core Connection
This two day webinar explores the role of core control/postural stability in human function as well as in equine function and how medical quality equine movement can be used to facilitate this important component of human physiology.
April 4-5, 2025 - 9 AM MDT - 1 PM MDT
Faculty: Joann Benjamin, PT, HPCS and Ruth Dismuke-Blakely, MS, CCC-SLP, HPCS
Cost: $325 for members/$375 for non-members
Sensory Connection
This webinar applies sensory integration theory, reviews neuroanatomy, and covers horse selection and use of the equine environment to address sensory processing challenges. Through interactive discussions, attendees will gain an understanding of treatment for children with sensory processing, challenges when using equine movement as a treatment tool and a working knowledge of how to utilize the equine setting in clinical practice.
May - Date and Time TBA
Faculty: Carol Huegel, PT, HPCS
Cost: TBA
Registration coming soon!
Fundamentals of Equine Movement: Hippotherapy and Beyond (Live Webinar Format)
Date and Time TBA
Faculty:
Cost: $65.00
Are you looking to work outdoors in nature? Or maybe you're looking for a new treatment tool to expand your expertise and client offerings? Equine movement may be the answer! There exists a substantial amount of peer-reviewed research that shows positive effects from the incorporation of equine movement in treatment across many patient populations. Results show clients achieving significant functional gains and improved outcomes.
This two-hour virtual course offers a comprehensive overview of the safe use of equine movement as an intervention tool for licensed healthcare providers in many areas including mental and behavioral health; neuromotor, sensory, cognitive and communication impairments; or developmental delays. Starting with equine biomechanics and expanding to how equine movement impacts human neurophysiology, participants will learn basic principles supporting the impact and purposeful manipulation of equine movement on sensory, neuromotor, and cognitive systems to promote functional outcomes, whether that is hippotherapy within an OT, PT or SLP treatment or mental health/medical professional treatment in discipline specific applications.
Participants will leave the course with a deeper understanding of equine movement as a tool: finding a qualified practitioner or accessing next steps for continuing education in order to build proficiency in using this tool within your services.
Lunch & Learn Series (Webinar Format)
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