mensch & pferd international
Zeitschrift für Förderung und Therapie mit dem Pferd
Herausgeber:
Hölter, Gerd / Isenbügel, Ewald / Olbrich, Erhard / Strauß, Ingrid / von Dietze, Susanne / Trabert, Angelika
Heft 3, 2009.
Heilpädagogische Förderung mit dem Pferd als Angebot von Frühförderstellen - Umsetzungs- und Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten
Therapeutic Riding as an offer of institutions for early years special education - realization and financing possibilities
2009, 116-127
Summary: Therapeutic riding as a special education intervention has, to date, been offered primarly by free-lance practioners or by organisations such as schools, psychiatric institutions or centres that support children and young people. To date, it seems that the opportunity of equine assisted early years education has not been recognised and realised. Yet, there is scope for good and simple financing within the area of equine assisted early years (special) education. This paper will sketch current possibilities of putting this model into action and financing it. These were explored via expert interviews at seven centers for early lerning in North-Rhine-Westphalia, as part of my masters’ thesis.
Keywords: Early education, therapeutic riding, equine assisted early education, finance, interdisciplinary work, cooperation