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Equine Facilitated Learning : Healing with Horses - Interacting with Thoroughbred Foals

12/9/2010

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There is no finer mirror of our true nature than the horse.

This experiential nature of interacting with Thoroughbred horses on a large breeding farm in Alberta encourages self- awareness, self- regulation and personal reflection for children and youth.
 Dr. Brenda E. Abbey's counselling experience  and research indicates that Equine Facilitated Learning increases the child/ youth  client's awareness of their own emotional state and non -verbal body language based on recognizing the horse's reactions during the interaction time in the pasture or private paddock. This type of experiential learning with horses has proven very effective as a positive intervention  for children with ADD/ADHD . Even very young foals will react and provide a MIRROR for the client.
Dr.  Brenda E. Abbey has written an  article on Healing with Horses as well as another Research Paper   about How Equine- Assisted Learning Repatterns the Limbic System in children's brains { based on her own Applied research in this area}.

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Dr. Brenda E. Abbey
9/26/2011 09:35:57 am

Alberta Thoroughbred foals are making an impact in the latest research about how the brain's Limbic system of children with histories of Trauma, neglect and abuse are positively impacted by interactions with horses of all ages at a historic ,prominent Alberta breeding farm.
Horses make a difference !!

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    I earned a Doctorate in Applied Research/ Cognitive Psychology and am an educator who is passionate about understanding and promoting Intelligent Behaviours . I am a continuous life long  learner and enjoy researching and writing about emotional and social intelligence.

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