Postural Corrections for Adaptive Riding Participants
1Â CE
🚨 This is a 48 hour rental only.Â
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Description: Do you ever struggle with getting your participant in the right position and keeping them there? What exercises and activities are good for posture correction? What do we want to avoid with some posture/positions? What is the impact on the horse and participant if they continue to ride in that position? What if it can’t be corrected? How do you know? We will explore these questions along with others in this webinar designed for instructors and instructors in training to help with their participants adapted riding classes.
Objective:
This course is designed to educate staff, instructors, and therapists on a variety of postural adaptions and presentations that one may find in adaptive riding, as well as provide possible corrections and supports to encourage optimal biomechanical alignment for each individual participant.
Goals:
• Identify optimal posture for adaptive riding
• Identity poor alignment by body segment
• Determine possible causes of mis-alignment
• Identify incorrectly fitting tack contributing to postural alignment
• Suggest possible teaching strategies for encouraging correct posture
• Suggest possible tack and equipment changes to correct rider position
Presenter(s): Edye Godden, OTR/L, HPCS, PATH Intl. CTRI, ESMHL and CEO at HETRA.
Edye has been with the organization for the past 35 years in various capacities. Along with being the CEO of the organization, she is an Occupational Therapist, and a Clinical Specialist in Hippotherapy. These other “hats” help keep her well connected to the programming offered at HETRA and give her first-hand experience of the impact HETRA has on the participants they serve. Edye has assisted in HETRA’s growth from a small all-volunteer organization operating in boarding facilities to owning their own facility with a full-time staff of 18. Edye earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Creighton University in 1991. In 2007 she was awarded the PATH Intl. Region 7 Instructor of the Year Award.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Edye Godden, OTR/L, HPCS, PATH Intl. CTRI, ESMHL, CEO at HETRA
Edye has been a driving force at HETRA since 1991 and has served as Chief Executive Officer for over 30 years, guiding the organization through tremendous growth and transformation.  As an occupational therapist and PATH Intl. CTRI, Edye continues to maintain a small caseload of participants while providing expert consultation and training to other professionals entering the field of equine-assisted services. She has played a pivotal role in the development and ongoing evolution of all aspects of HETRA’s programs, ensuring they maintain the highest standards of quality and care.
