Adaptive / Therapeutic horseback riding allows participants to learn  horseback riding skills in a safe, structured and supportive environment. During each  lesson, participants are paired with an instructor, volunteers, and a horse to suit their individual needs.

​Benefits: Life skills such as self-regulation, and riding skills that may include use of reins and other aids while maintaining a centered position on the horse. Participants also experience emotional benefits from riding, such as feelings of self-confidence, independence and accomplishment.

Therapeutic /Adaptive  Riding Lesson Cost:
1 hour private - $65
1 hour semi private / group - $50

NEW RIDER?   APPLY FOR THE ADAPTIVE PROGRAM

  1. Fill  out   interest form
  2. ​Contact Laughing Buck Farm at [email protected] to set up a short visit to the farm
  3. Complete participant enrollment packet and return to Laughing Buck Farm
  4. ​Set up an evaluation- $45.00 fee due at time of evaluation
"Our son has benefited so much from therapeutic riding at Laughing Buck Farm.  It has been a ray of positive light during this pandemic for him. The instructor he works with is amazing, receptive and really "gets him". He comes home refreshed and energized from his time at the farm. We can also see our son making strides in his social-emotional development, physical awareness and empathy as a result of his work at LB. There is no question in our minds that joining the horses and instructors at Laughing Buck is one of the best decisions we could have made for our son."
- Nehalem

​Why Therapeutic Riding?

Physical Benefits

The horse's movement provides the sensory input of a precise, repetitive pattern of movement very similar to the movement of a person's pelvis during normal human gait.  The 3-D movement of the horse's back simulates the human gait.
The horse's center of gravity shifts forward/backward, up and down and side to side just as the human's does.  Rotation results as a combination of the three movements.
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