Equine and Animal Assisted Learning
Program Details:
Main Stay’s equine and animal-assisted learning sessions provide insightful interactions with the farm’s varied animals which are facilitated by specifically trained and certified instructors.
Sessions offer interactions with large and small animals where individual clients and groups of all ages set and achieve social and academic goals. Clients combine being in nature while working with animals and peers to experience success through a wide variety of activities.
Clients learn important social and emotional learning (SEL) skills, like how to:
- Communicate more effectively and advocate for themselves.
- Recognize safe people and healthy mentors.
- Initiate and develop connected and positive friendships.
- Have healthy boundaries and communicate authentically.
- And learn the benefit and importance of self-care and self-preservation.
Sessions Offered
Multi-Week
EAAL sessions are typically offered as 1-2 hour sessions over the course of at least 4 weeks. These sessions differ from single visit experiences. Length, format and duration of sessions are based on the individual needs of the client or group.
EAAL are not eligible to be billed through insurance plans.
Contact Us
Main Stay collaborates with community partners, like public schools, county mental health agencies and treatment programs offering opportunities for growth and progress for a wide variety of clients.
Contact Us to learn more about our EAAL program and how to register.
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