The American Hippotherapy Association, Inc. is a 501 (c)3 Non-profit organization, which provides educational resources and continuing education courses for occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech language pathology professionals who incorporate equines, equine movement and the equine environment in treatment.
What is the best practice for Hippotherapy?
Best practice dictates that occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech-language pathology professionals integrate hippotherapy into the patient’s plan of care, along with other therapy tools and/or strategies.
Can an equine therapist perform hippotherapy?
Therapists do not “perform hippotherapy”. Licensed therapy professionals in PT, OT and SLP incorporate equine movement into their plans of care for their patients as a ” therapy tool”. Please refer to the description of hippotherapy on the AHA website.
How do I register as a hippotherapy patient?
If you are already working with our therapists for occupational, physical, or speech therapies, you can fill out the hippotherapy patient registration at the bottom of our patient forms page.
What is the hippotherapy treatment principles course?
We are known for our two foundation courses: Hippotherapy Treatment Principles – Part 1 and Hippotherapy Treatment Principles – Part 2, which offer therapists a start in utilizing equine movement and the equine environment as a treatment strategy during a therapy session.
What are the benefits of AHA membership?
AHA, Inc offers a number of membership levels each with unique benefits including course registration discounts, access to the AHA, Inc. E-Newsletter, A subscription to HIPPOTHERAPY Magazine and more. Click the button to learn more! JOIN TODAY!!
What makes AHA unique?
As such, AHA, Inc. is unique in that we are the only organization in the United States whose focus in on educating licensed healthcare professionals on therapy services incorporating equines. What Is Hippotherapy?
