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Our Services
Saddled Souls provides high-quality services in the field of equine-assisted therapies and services.
Therapy Services
Saddled Souls Therapy Services (TS) offers physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and mental health therapy services. Therapists incorporate multiple treatment plans including social skills, manual manipulation, and equine movement as necessary.
Occupational Therapy
The goal of occupational therapy is ensuring children's independence with activities of daily living. Occupational therapist's help children who struggle in many areas including but not limited to functional play, grooming/ hygiene, fine motor, visual motor, social-emotional regulation, self-organization, hand-eye coordination, bilateral coordination, somatosensory processing, functional strength, environmental/ body awareness and self care routines. Occupational therapists can use the highly organizing and rhymical equine movement to address modulation, registration, and integration of sensory information to improve functional engagement across various contexts.
Physical Therapy
The goal of physical therapy is maximizing a child's ability to navigate their world. Physical therapists help children who struggle with body function deficits including strength, balance, and coordination. They can use the dynamic movement of the horse to increase trunk control, balance, build strength and endurance, weight bearing and motor planning. The multidimensional movement imparted to the patient is similar to a human walking gait making it a beneficial tool to address gait training, core strength and mobility, postural alignment, and head/ trunk control.
Speech-Language Therapy
The goal of speech-language therapy is ensuring communication. Speech therapists help children who struggle in a variety of communication aspects including speech sounds, language, executive functions, and social pragmatics. Speech therapists are able to utilize equine movement as one of their tools to influence the sensory systems, cortical pathways, and muscle tone to influence respiratory control, timing, and posture to improve communication.
Mental Health Counseling
The goal of mental health counselors is to increase awareness and tools for processing thoughts and feelings. Counselors focus on building self-esteem, improving communication skills, supporting an appropriate emotional range. Counselors are able to utilize the horse from the ground and equine movement as one of their tools to holistically influence perception, self-awareness, non-verbal communication, and coping strategies to help the child process and make appropriate decisions.
Who Can Participate?
Saddled Souls serves children and youth with disabilities between the ages of 4-21 years old. We follow the PATH International and the American Hippotherapy Association Precautions and Contraindications policy for participant eligibility in all programing. Participants are individuals who benefit from Medically Necessary Skilled Therapy Services by a licensed provider in the areas of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, and Mental Health. A typical appointment is 45 minutes and may take place on the back of a horse, in our on-site therapy room, and/or in the dynamic barn environment. Appointments are scheduled based on the family and therapist availability.
Cost
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Saddled Souls Therapy Services appointments cost $30 per unit (15 minutes). Most appointments are scheduled for 45 minutes, and would therefore cost $90. If a different duration is appropriate that decision can be made at the judgment of the therapist and family.
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There will be a one-time evaluation fee of $150.
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Not showing up to your schedule appointment will result in the full $90 being charged.
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Cancellations must be made 24 hours in advanced. If a cancelation is made less than 24 hours in advanced a $30 fee will be charged.
Schedule
In order to provide the best services and ensure that our therapist, horses, volunteers, and property are at their best we operate on a 3 semester system for session.
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Spring: January- April
Summer: May-July
Fall: August- December