Bayou Road Equine Therapy Program will work with adults, teens, children, and veterans from our community and the surrounding communities. We aim to meet the needs of our community. The growing population of veterans is largely underserved in the local community. We make a difference for these men, women, and children. We offer a riding time for clients and veterans and with their families. The date is subject to change or be canceled due to holiday and/or bad weather, but we will keep that posted on our Facebook page and our website to notify clients by phone.
Bayou Road Equine Assist Program teaches how to interact with and care for the animals, instilling a sense of pride and achievement. Equine Assist Therapy is very effective in treating:
- Anxiety
- Autism,
- Brain Disorders
- Depression
- Bipolar Disorder
- Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
- Post Traumatic Stress
- Developmental Disorders
- Psychosocial Disorders
- Emotional and Physical Traumas
Our care is individualized to meet every client’s needs.
TREATMENT GUIDELINES
All Equine Assist Therapy will be provided at our facility
137 Bayou Road, Greenville Mississippi 38701
Our care is provided under the care of physicians, registered nurse, counselor, psychiatrist, social worker, and case manager in our Care Team. Under the guidance of our team Registered Nurse from Nursing, Physician, Counseling, and Psychology.
We have trained staff on hand to teach and assist with the animal care.
We will accept a number of Counseling and Psychology graduate students.
PLAN OF CARE
Each client will have an individualized Plan of Care with weekly goals outlined to be achieved until 8-12 week completion. On completion, each client will have met or exceeded goals, and reached a new level of accomplishment, satisfaction, leadership, and confidence. We will seek to achieve the optimal or improved functioning and performance.
An interdisciplinary team that consists of all staff and the client’s family members, who participate in their care will meet, weekly, to discuss the each client’s progress.
ON- SITE MONITORS
We will provide direct hands-on training and education, including on-site monitoring of each client’s abilities, activities, behaviors, and goal-oriented progress to determine the effects of training and experience in therapeutic equine therapy for each client. We will maintain progress reports. Files will be maintained on-site, with progress reports and follow-ups sent to referral sources.
THERAPEUTIC RIDING
This type of therapy improves the individual’s self-awareness, confidence, and discipline, along with improving fine motor skills, posture, balance, and coordination. Therapeutic riding involves all of the muscles of the body and stimulates all body systems. The rhythmic gait of the horse causes the rider’s pelvis, trunk, and shoulder girdle to react in ways similar to those produced by the normal human walk.
Those with the following disabilities respond to therapeutic riding:
- Autism
- Spectrum Disorder
- Developmental Delay
- Emotional Disturbance
- Head Injuries
- Poliomyelitis
- Scoliosis
- Spina Bifida
- Stroke
Each client is assessed and approved appropriate, prior to beginning Therapeutic Riding. Our mission at Bayou Road Equine Assisted Therapeutic Facility is to provide a much needed service to our community. For ages, therapeutic horseback riding experiences have been used by people with special emotional, physical, and mental needs.
We think it’s time to bring Equine Therapy to the Delta. It’s much needed in the local community, instead of drugs, or indoor treatment. Our clients get to heal in a beautiful outdoor environment, where hope floats and miracles happen. For ages, the bond between man and horse has healed the body, mind, and spirit.
We will teach you how to care for and use the horse, how to ride for various forms of wholistic therapy. All of this would not be possible without the dedicated support from our staff, caregivers, and the Delta community.
PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF RIDING
- Physical satisfaction
- Decreased spasticity
- Improved appetite
- Help with digestion
- Improved balance
- Improved coordination
- Better faster reflexes
- Improve motor skills
- Improve respiration
- Improve circulation
- Increased range of motion of the joints
- Reduction of abnormal movement patterns
- Sensory integration
- Strengthens muscles
- Stretching and relaxing tight or spastic muscles.
PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS
- Development of patience
- Emotional control
- Self-discipline
- General sense of well being and acceptance
- Improved risk-taking abilities
SOCIAL BENEFITS
- Improved self-confidence
- Increased interest in one’s own life
- Increased interest in the “outside world”
- Increased sense of control
- Sense of normality
- Feeling of Social acceptance and gratitude
BENEFITS OF RIDING
- Development of friendships and trust
- Development of respect and love for animals
- Experience a sense of being a part of a team
- Experience independence
THERAPY LENGTH
How long does this therapy last?
Equine-assisted therapy can last for a few months, at the very least. Those who really require time and are showing some progress could stick to it for several years. It depends on what your insurance is willing to cover. We accept payment from all source, private and insurance.
REFERRAL SOURCES
Referrals are accepted from any sources, doctors, social workers, family, nurses, the individual, groups, and therapists. All clients will be evaluated and a plan of therapy will be established to individualize the Plan of Care (POC) specific to the client’s diagnosis, illness, pycho-social problem, and wholistic needs. We will work with all care providers and therapists to restore to the client’s optimal functioning level to hit the target.
Contact
Walter Humphrey
Caliph Zaphnathpaaneah El
- caliph58@yahoo.com
- 510-915-2410
- 137 Bayou Road, Greenville, MS 38701
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