STILLWATER STABLES
A non profit youth organization
Psalm 23:2 "He leads me beside stillwaters"
Stillwater Stables
1465 N. Webb Rd
Wilmington, OH 45177
ph: 937-383-7793
connie
Sessions
Our sessions meet weekly and last between one hour to one and a half hours in length and can be either one on one or in a small group. Each session is tailored to the specific needs of that student. Our sessions will often include a chore for the student to participate in which gives them an opportunity to be responible and make a difference. In each session, students will have opportunities to participate in an EAL acitivity that will allow the child to experience life skills, 40 developmental assets and academics.
What is Equine Assisted Learning?
EAL are activities that provide a facilitated hands-on experience centered around the horse. This approach makes learning more relevant and applicable to every day life. Students are allowed to observe, problem solve and make a plan in a safe manner and to make mistakes and learn from them. The horse assists in giving feedback to the students as to how the plan is working in both riding and non riding activities.
Life Skills
Life skills are important for becoming confident and able to function in society and fall under these six categoreis: 1) Self-esteem 2) Responsibility 3) Self-Regulation
4) Emotional Awareness 5) Healthy Relationships 6) Indpenedence
Devleopmental Assets
The Search Institute has found that there are 40 developmental assets that help children become stable and well functioning adults. They found in their surveys that children will on average experience 14 of these in their life. The more assets the child experiences the less likely they will participate in at risk behaviors and become functioning adults. Examples of these assets are
- Develop confidence and self esteem
- Develop concentration, focus and problem solving
- Set goals and achieve them
- Be part of a team and learn team work
Academic Standards
For many of our kids schol is difficult but we are able to bring fun to learning by including various academic skills into our sessions. A few of these are as follows:
- Improve communication skills
- Listening and speaking
- Vocabulary Development
- Literary Analysis
- Reading and comprehension
TESTIMONIAL 1
"Stillwater Stables has had such a huge positive affect on my two children. I’d like to start by telling you about my daughter who is 9 and works with the beautiful horse Hope at Stillwater Stables.Before she started the program she had a hard time finding her place and meaning in life. She knew she was different than other kids, due to her brain injury at birth and her seizures, so she struggled with finding her place. After just a few sessions my daughter really opened up and I have seen confidence fill her eyes while being around Hope. She knew Hope accepted her for who she was and my daughter did not need to be anyone but herself to get respect and friendship from Hope. After over a year I can now use the words confident, outgoing, satisfied, and brave to describe her. Each session to this day improves on her over all skills of life.."
- AR
Why Horses....
- Horses connect us to nature (Biophillia Hypothisis)
- They seek a relationship with us even though we are predators.
- They mirror who we are
- They motivate us to change
- Incorporates all of our senses to be present.
- Their size captures our attention and pushes us out of our comfort zone.
- As we honor them, they honor us back
TESTIMONIAL 2
"My son was diagnosed with ADHD, Depression with psychotic tendencies and mood disorder. We started him on medications, which did not fully help and he began counseling about the same year. I watched my child struggle as he was unhappy, violent, aggressive with family and other classmates, had a very short fuse and was angry almost all the time. I tried everything I knew, talking to his pediatrician, his counselor even tried to get him into Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to be evaluated. I got nowhere fast and watched my son spiral more and more and become less happy and angrier as time went by. During my son's first year of Stillwater Stables I can tell you I saw a different child. Between his medication and the work he has done with Connie Patrick and Chris Robinson at Stillwater Stables he is a very different kid. He still has a long road ahead of him, but for once, I see the child I once had. Nothing has been more powerful and more noticeable than having my son do this kind of therapy, and to see the change in him…he is now closer to “normal” than he has been in 6 years. He is happier, more helpful, and has more patience than he did one year ago."
-AC
Stillwater Stables
1465 N. Webb Rd
Wilmington, OH 45177
ph: 937-383-7793
connie