2024
Equestrian Therapy
Name: Equestrian Therapy
Code: DES13916L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Human Kinetics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
In this CU, students are endowed with the necessary skills to intervene in this very specific type of therapy, using a scientific language that allows participation in the choice of their strategies, defined by the multidisc team
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
In terms of knowledge:
• Know the characterization and evolution of equestrian therapy
• Mastering the specific terminology and symbology of this type of activity
• Know the operating rules of this type of therapy; identify and name the different benefits of equestrian therapy
• Identify and describe the functions of each member of the multidisciplinary team
• Identify and describe the intervention models and the pathologies involved
• Know and master the security rules specific to this type of activity
• Master the rules and methodology of horse hygiene
• Master the stages of planning an intervention in equestrian therapy
In terms of skills:
• Observe and evaluate individuals with different pathologies, on horseback
• Identify and define the functioning profile of individuals
• Elect the necessary professionals for the multidisciplinary team that will accompany the individual
• Develop the therapeutic project with the horse as a mediator of the intervention.
• Know the characterization and evolution of equestrian therapy
• Mastering the specific terminology and symbology of this type of activity
• Know the operating rules of this type of therapy; identify and name the different benefits of equestrian therapy
• Identify and describe the functions of each member of the multidisciplinary team
• Identify and describe the intervention models and the pathologies involved
• Know and master the security rules specific to this type of activity
• Master the rules and methodology of horse hygiene
• Master the stages of planning an intervention in equestrian therapy
In terms of skills:
• Observe and evaluate individuals with different pathologies, on horseback
• Identify and define the functioning profile of individuals
• Elect the necessary professionals for the multidisciplinary team that will accompany the individual
• Develop the therapeutic project with the horse as a mediator of the intervention.
Contents
1. Concepts and terminology
1.1. Horse uses in riding
1.2. Domains of equestrian therapy: hippotherapy, therapeutic riding and adapted riding
1.3. The horse as a symbolic element
2. Horse morphology and biomechanics
3. Benefits of equestrian therapy
4. Multidisciplinary team in equestrian therapy
5. Pathologies: description and contraindications of equestrian therapy
6. Evaluate and plan to intervene
7. Curiosities and behavioral specificities of horses
8. Training the approach to horses and their handling in the field
9. Equine hygiene rules and methodology
10. Basic principles of working with the long guide
11. Equip horses with blanket and cillion of turning
12. Back and head harness nomenclature for horses
13. Driving work by hand, with and without rider mounted, to perceive gait variation
14. Practice of initiation to riding and simulation of therapy sessions
1.1. Horse uses in riding
1.2. Domains of equestrian therapy: hippotherapy, therapeutic riding and adapted riding
1.3. The horse as a symbolic element
2. Horse morphology and biomechanics
3. Benefits of equestrian therapy
4. Multidisciplinary team in equestrian therapy
5. Pathologies: description and contraindications of equestrian therapy
6. Evaluate and plan to intervene
7. Curiosities and behavioral specificities of horses
8. Training the approach to horses and their handling in the field
9. Equine hygiene rules and methodology
10. Basic principles of working with the long guide
11. Equip horses with blanket and cillion of turning
12. Back and head harness nomenclature for horses
13. Driving work by hand, with and without rider mounted, to perceive gait variation
14. Practice of initiation to riding and simulation of therapy sessions
Teaching Methods
LP and T sessions are for students to acquire knowledge through a methodology of group work, research, analysis and questioning. Through the LP classes in the field and in the arena, the application of simulated practices will be privileged. Bibliography and specific documentation will be available to students via Moodle.
The classification in the continuous assessment and exam consists of the classifications obtained in the frequency, in the elaboration of a session plan and its application in arena, as well as the performance in the practical riding classes. In none of the installments the score can be less than 9.5 values.
If one fails with one of the two elements of continuous assessment, you will do exam assessment. The final grade for students will be obtained through:
Final grade = 50% theoretical component (10% session plan and 40% frequency) + 50% practical grade (10% application of the plan and 40% practical riding).
Students must attend 75% of the planned class.
The classification in the continuous assessment and exam consists of the classifications obtained in the frequency, in the elaboration of a session plan and its application in arena, as well as the performance in the practical riding classes. In none of the installments the score can be less than 9.5 values.
If one fails with one of the two elements of continuous assessment, you will do exam assessment. The final grade for students will be obtained through:
Final grade = 50% theoretical component (10% session plan and 40% frequency) + 50% practical grade (10% application of the plan and 40% practical riding).
Students must attend 75% of the planned class.
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