“Look at me now. You would never tell that I couldn’t walk and talk at age 5.” ~Emileigh Marsh

SIRE PROGRAMS

EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING (EAL)

Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) is an experiential approach that promotes the development of life skills for educational, professional and personal goals through equine-assisted activities. The process guides participants through building a relationship with a horse, facilitated by specially trained staff.

VETERANS

The EAL program also serves military veterans with many of the same benefits. Staff are trained in trauma-informed principles to help participants interact with horses in a way that creates healthy patterns for interacting with others in their lives and their community.

EAL of veterans

BENEFITS OF EAL:

  • Increased self-confidence
  • Increased ability to regulate emotions and calm the body
  • Increased ability to connect with yourself and others
  • Increased ability to develop and maintain healthy relationships

WHAT EAL IS:

  • Focuses on developing a relationship with a horse
  • Changing the way you view yourself and others
  • Working on identifying and changing relationship patterns you wish to change
  • Sometimes difficult and challenging
  • Understanding how experiences shape our nervous system, brain, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors

WHAT EAL IS NOT:

  • Just grooming and hanging out with the horses
  • Riding lessons
  • Therapy
  • Using the horses to help you feel good
  • Manipulating a horse to move around obstacles
  • Always easy and comfortable

SIRE offers individual and group EAL sessions throughout the school year, including a summer session.

For the schedule of our sessions, see our calendar

RIDE

Maximum of 4 riders.
Minimum age required 3 years old.

DONATE

Provide scholarships for riders
and equine care for SIRE horses.

VOLUNTEER

Sign up to volunteer inside or outside
the arena today.