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NARHA CENTERS PROVIDE EQUINE ASSISTED
ACTIVITIES Just as other professions use accreditation and
licensing systems to
improve the well-being
of their industries,
therapeutic equine
professionals have a
distinction of their own
thanks to NARHA’s
Premier Accredited
Center Program. The
Premier Accredited
Center Program offers
NARHA centers the chance
to demonstrate their
excellence in providing
quality, professional
equine assisted
activities. This
voluntary process
recognizes NARHA centers
that have met
established industry
standards. The
accreditation process is
a peer review system, in
which trained volunteers
visit and evaluate
centers in accordance
with NARHA standards.
Centers that meet the
accreditation
requirements based on
the administrative,
facility, program and
applicable special
interest standards
become Premier
Accredited Centers for a
period of 5 years.
Centers must renew that
accreditation by the end
of the fifth year.
What are EFL and EFP?
EFL (equine facilitated
learning) is an educational approach that
includes equine facilitated activities
incorporating the experience of equine/human
interaction in an environment of learning or
self discovery. EFL encourages personal
explorations of feelings and behaviors to help
promote human growth and development.
EFP (equine facilitated
psychotherapy) is experiential
psychotherapy that involves equines. It may
include, but is not limited to, such mutually
respectful equine activities as handling,
grooming, longeing, riding, driving, and
vaulting. EFP is facilitated by a licensed,
credentialed mental health professional working
with an appropriately credentialed equine
professional. EFP may also be facilitated by a
mental health professional who is also
credentialed as an equine professional
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NARHA
Instructor
Training
Workbook
and
Companion
DVD
This
workbook
and
companion
DVD,
produced
by
EAAT
experts,
highlights
skills
required
to
be a
successful
NARHA
Therapeutic
Riding
Instructor,
including:
safety,
teaching
techniques,
lesson
planning
and
volunteer
management.
Low
price
includes
BOTH
the
workbook
and
DVD!
To
purchase,
click
on
the
NARHA
Store
button
above
and
then
click
on
NARHA
Professional
Resources
or
call
(800)
369-RIDE.
NARHA
Member Price:
$55
(includes
shipping)
Standard
Price:
$70
(includes
shipping)
NARHA Membership
Who can benefit from
being a member of NARHA? Everyone who believes in equine assisted activities!
NARHA is not just for Instructors and Centers offering equine
assisted activities and therapies (EAAT). Our
individual members include people of all ages with and without
disabilities.
Online Education
NARHA offers 3 classes
online. The volunteer course is available to the public and
can be purchased in the NARHA Store.
Premier Accredited Centers are encouraged to enroll
their volunteers in the online volunteer course free of
charge.
The Center Accreditation Training Course (CAT) is also
available to the public through the NARHA store
Persons who are going through the Instructor Certification
Process take the CAT course and the Instructor Self Study
Course (and exams).
The cost for these courses is included
in the $55 fee. Instructor Certification Candidates DO
NOT purchase the courses through the NARHA store.
*All
online courses must be purchased in the NARHA store
or as part of the Instructor Certification fee. Do not
try to purchase the course at the Course Webs site
NARHA OFFERS THREE LEVELS OF INSTRUCTOR
CERTIFICATION Registered, Advanced and Master. Specialty Discipline
Certification is also available for driving. Therapeutic riding instructors that
teach at NARHA Centers are required to achieve (one level of) NARHA Instructor
Certification status. Instructors may apply for any level of certification that
they feel they are qualified to achieve, as long as the application criteria for
that level are met. The criteria at each level details the skills and knowledge
an instructor of that level must posses regarding Equine Management,
Horsemanship, Instruction, Teaching Methodology and Disabilities. All
evaluations of instructor applications, at all three levels, regardless of
certification method, are based on these criteria.
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This
workbook
and
companion
DVD,
produced
by
EAAT
experts,
highlights
skills
required
to
be a
successful
NARHA
Therapeutic
Riding
Instructor,
including:
safety,
teaching
techniques,
lesson
planning
and
volunteer
management.
CARRIAGE
DRIVING IS A FAST GROWING SPORT
