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The helping horse

15 Jul 2013

Understanding that there is significant experiences of the EAL program positively variation in how EAL is applied across impacted the physical, mental/emotional, social, programs and therefore a need for spiritual and cultural aspects of the youth, and the exploratory and evaluation studies designed horse was a key helper to all of this: specific to individual programs. [...] The scholarship on the role of horses in contributing to human wellbeing is nearly non-existent and 1 The Helping Horse has received limited attention in the literature on the area of Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI)5. [...] It is believed that a horse’s spirit will lead individuals in the ‘right direction’ and will assist them in understanding their place in the circle of life.16 Working in collabortation with decision makers The make-up of our research and advisory teams (See Appendix D), facilitated our approach to the research as “by, for and in balance with” the research population and not “on” it17. [...] This design is particularly useful when questions pertaining to “how” and “why” are explored; when a detailed account of the context is needed to fully comprehend the topic; when the stories of the research participants are crucial to understanding; and when a collaborative approach to the research process and knowledge building is essential25. [...] Understanding the contextual nature of the EAL program including the activities, facilitators and horses offered insight into how they contributed to wellbeing and were experienced and perceived by the youth and others (i.e., the treatment centre staff, the EAL program facilitators and the horses).
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ISBN
0973132329
Pages
29
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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