Students with autism and intellectual disabilities may experience anxiety and have difficulty regulating their emotions caused by sensory overload, crowded hallways, and busy schedules in the traditional setting at GHS.
Horsemanship is an innovative and evidenced based approach that provides accessible enrichment opportunities beyond the traditional classroom instruction.
This year’s grant brings students monthly to a new learning environment at the Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship Farm. The experiential learning engages students through multi-sensory experiences, builds real life skills, and uses the unique bond between humans and horses to promote growth in ways that typical academic programming cannot. The program elevates achievement by addressing the whole student’s emotional, social, physical and cognitive development all at once.
