NARHA Registered OSWC Evaluator Training
Equest, Wylie, TX,   July 30–31, 2008
Do you have an interest in increasing the professionalism of our industry by helping educate others?  Have you always wanted to become a NARHA Evaluator?  If so, do you have the qualifications listed below?

We are offering a great learning opportunity for those who want to become more involved with increasing the professionalism within NARHA. NARHA Evaluator Training offers an opportunity to improve and develop your communication and mentoring skills.  You can also use this training toward your annual instructor compliance.  Once you are teaching and evaluating at Registered OSWC’s you may use up to 10 hours annually as continuing education towards your instructor compliance.

Prerequisites:

• Hold current Advanced (both Physical and Cognitive Disabilities required) or Master Level NARHA Instructor Certification.
• Current NARHA membership and above instructor status.
• *Have read textbook “How to run Seminars & Workshops” by Robert L. Jolles and completed the take-home exam to bring with you to the training. The cost of this book is included with your application fee.   

Date, Time and Location: July 30–31, 2008     9 a.m.–evening
Equest Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship, 3800 Troy Rd. Wylie, TX 75098

Cost: $275/per person

   Application fee includes:

·        Evaluator Training Manual

·        Textbook: How to run Seminars & Workshops by Robert L. Jolles. This textbook and exam are mailed to you to complete when your application has been accepted.

·         Lunch each day

Hotel and travel expenses are to be paid by participant.  NARHA will provide travel and lodging information with confirmation email with receipt of complete application.   

To Register:
Email or call Tara McChesney, NARHA Certification Coordinator, to request an application.
Phone: (800) 369-7433 ext. 114    

Maximum: 20 participants.  Spaces are approved on a first come first approved basis.

EFAT Online Now Offered at Texas A&M
Equine Facilitated Activities and Therapy, (EFAT), an online continuing education program developed by experts in the field, is now offered by the Continuing and Professional Studies Office at Texas A&M University.

In the rapidly growing field of animal assisted therapy, EFAT provides continuing education credentials through a unique, effective approach for therapy, officials note.

Four tracks, hippotherapy (instructor Sarah Pictor), therapeutic riding (instructor Lili Kellogg), equine facilitated psychotherapy (instructor Leslie McCullough Moreau), and horse care (instructor J. Warren Evans) are designed to bring the benefits of partnering with the horse to those with physical, cognitive and sensory, emotional, social or psychological disabilities.

These self-paced online modules explore the world of teaching, learning, and understanding through the instincts and senses of the horse, organizers explain. 

Personalized study through internships, clinical research and special topics are also available. 

The program is flexible for a wide spectrum of career paths, from individuals with a genuine desire to know more about this emerging field to individuals needing practitioner-based skills or advance research to improve their knowledge. 

Completion earns the participant continuing education credit from Texas A&M University. 

For details and how to register, go to: http://equinefacilitated.tamu.edu. For more information about Continuing and Professional Studies at Texas A&M, visit: http://capso.tamu.edu.  

Contact: Warren Evans at jwarrenevans@aol.com or Jan Fernandez at janfernandez@tamu.edu.
Writer: Karen Berg at (979) 845-6346 or kberg@tamu.edu.
For more news about Texas A&M University, go to http://tamunews.tamu.edu/. 

Continuing and Professional Studies Office
Texas A&M University
capso@tamu.edu
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