I've been feeling like this all year. Working in a school for kids with severe
cognitive impairments, I'm tired of not being able to "fix" them. No one wants
adaptations, environmental changes, they just want the disability to go away.
Patty
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With his current mode of ambulation, is he able to get around and out of his house in
case of an emergency (i.e. fire) quickly? Will a power chair let him do that?
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Try the NARHA website (http:www//NARHA.org) under Equine Facilitated Mental Health.
It's a special interest section. There's another organization, but I can't remember
the name right now. Maybe something like CEFTA.
There's a really good book out called Horse Sense and the Human Heart by tw
Hi Sarah: I worked at a therapeutic riding barn for several years and
started using hippotherapy after I got my OT degree.
We have 14 horses, but only 3 that we used for hippotherapy. When I left, I
only had 1 client. The PT had 5 clients. Both the PT and I had been through
the Intro to HP
Ron:
Thanks, for bringing my attention to the article. I didn't get a chance to
read it, but I did send him an e-mail.
Patty
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Here's my first question as a fairly new OT. I work in a day school with
students with moderate to severe disabilities. The school focuses on
life-skills rather than academics. And it seems the focus is to make the
students more "marketable" to residential and workshop placements after
grad
Marcia:
I'm not really in the position of being a mentor, but I would love to bounce ideas
around with you. I work in a day school with kids with moderate to severe
disabilities. It gets frustrating sometimes trying to motivate the kids to do
anything. There are also a couple with severe be
