{"id":4876,"date":"2020-03-08T03:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T03:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washingtonautismadvocacy.org\/resources\/?post_type=wpbdp_listing&#038;p=4876"},"modified":"2020-04-26T23:57:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T23:57:43","slug":"hope-therapeutic-riding-center","status":"publish","type":"wpbdp_listing","link":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/business-providers\/hope-therapeutic-riding-center\/","title":{"rendered":"HOPE Therapeutic Riding Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hope Therapeutic Riding Center<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1986, HOPE is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>to empower children and adults facing special challenges \u2013 whether physical, cognitive or emotional \u2013 to discover their abilities, independent skills and explore their potential through use of our nationally accredited safe and effective<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>equine-assisted activities and therapy.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HOPE provides a positive, safe environment allowing students to enjoy their experiences while learning a sense of self-confidence that will help shape the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>What is EAAT?<\/p>\n<p>Equine-assisted activities and therapy are activities with equine friends designed specifically to benefit people with special challenges. HOPE\u2019s instructors are trained not only for their horsemanship skills but also for their knowledge of disabilities and how to design sessions which specifically benefit each student\u2019s special challenges. At HOPE, we take a broad view of \u201cspecial challenges\u201d as including not only recognized physical, emotional and cognitive challenges but also social challenges such as difficulties with social skills, sadness from family trauma such as divorce, or a challenging background such as children learning to be happy in foster homes after losing parents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Partial List of Special Challenges Served by HOPE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Down Syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Spina Bifida<\/li>\n<li>Learning Disorders<\/li>\n<li>ADD\/ADHD<\/li>\n<li>Autism<\/li>\n<li>Selective mutism<\/li>\n<li>Encephalopathy<\/li>\n<li>Cerebral Palsy<\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy<\/li>\n<li>Speech and vision impairments<\/li>\n<li>Sensory deprivation<\/li>\n<li>Impaired movement due to injuries<\/li>\n<li>Stroke<\/li>\n<li>Muscular Dystrophy<\/li>\n<li>Multiple Sclerosis<\/li>\n<li>Brain Injuries<\/li>\n<li>Amputations<\/li>\n<li>Sexual\/physical\/emotional abuse victims<\/li>\n<li>Depression and other mental health conditions<\/li>\n<li>Emotional difficulties caused by events or situations in the student\u2019s life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope Therapeutic Riding Center Established in 1986, HOPE is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is: \u201cto empower children and adults facing special challenges \u2013 whether physical, cognitive or emotional \u2013 to discover their abilities, independent skills and explore their potential through use of our nationally accredited safe and effective\u00a0equine-assisted activities and therapy.\u201d HOPE provides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":""},"wpbdp_category":[],"wpbdp_tag":[4524,4536,4846,4851,5070,5658,5887,6101,6246],"class_list":["post-4876","wpbdp_listing","type-wpbdp_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpbdp_tag-equestrian","wpbdp_tag-equine-therapy","wpbdp_tag-horse-riding","wpbdp_tag-horses","wpbdp_tag-langley","wpbdp_tag-recreation-2","wpbdp_tag-social","wpbdp_tag-therapeutic-riding","wpbdp_tag-whidbey-island"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_listing\/4876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wpbdp_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wpbdp_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_category?post=4876"},{"taxonomy":"wpbdp_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_tag?post=4876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}