Brown Pony Series: Book Four: The Business of Hippotherapy

by Rebecca Cook

Overview

The Brown Pony Series Book Four: The Business of Hippotherapy was written primarily for therapists and business managers who are gathering information about operating a therapy business for their human clients that includes partnering with horses in their treatment planning.

The author writes, "When I began offering hippotherapy treatment in 1993, there were no employers and I was compelled to create a private therapy practice. In those early years it felt as though I were forging a path into the unknown."

This book is an accumulation of all the investment, trial and error, and experience from those years, distilled to help you move forward and realize your dreams.

The book is laid out logically ...

• Beginning with information on Common Practice on how other therapists incorporate hippotherapy
  
• Proceeding to a section on "Starting Out, " which highlights the importance of a legal structure, risks and limiting your liability
  
• Moving onto hippotherapy specific horse and facility considerations
  
• Followed by a section on how to budget and set therapy fees
  
• Then an entire chapter on session cancellations
  
• And finishing with dozens of samples of business forms
  

Rebecca Cook is an Occupational Therapist and Equine Professional with over 30 years of experience in the arena. She has authored 12 Steps to Integrity With Your Horse, Saddle Fit Simplified, and is also the author of The Brown Pony Series.

What books are available in the Brown Pony Series?

• Book One: Introduction to Hippotherapy
• Book Two: Risk Management and Safety in Hippotherapy
• Book Three: Considering Hippotherapy in Your Career Plans
• Book Four: The Business of Hippotherapy

PLUS ...
Barn Rules: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - A teaching tool of basic barn rules in social stories and pictures for instructors, riders, parents, and volunteers.

Tally Up: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Checklists created from a task analysis of showmanship and riding skills that can be used to improve understanding of a Judge's class placings and to provide a foundation of skills to practice for competition. Also, a great breakdown of skills for an instructor to use in lesson planning.

Safe Horse Handling: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Increase awareness of common sense safety to implement when working around horses. Some of the tips may be inadvertently overlooked until there is an accident. Great for equine instructors, therapeutic riding volunteer training, and equine assisted activity and therapy programs.

Incorporating Games in Hippotherapy: A Companion Book to the Brown Pony Series - Play is the "work" of the child (and the de-stressor of the adult). Play engages the whole person: imagination, emotion, cognition, and engagement, along with the physical skills components of the game activities. Games can build in a reason for completing various ring figures, speed changes, stops and starts. Learn ideas for layering on goal-oriented game activities in a hippotherapy session.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781497513488
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/31/2014
Pages:	138
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Rebecca Cook is an Occupational Therapist and Hippotherapy Clinical Specialist with 20 years of private practice experience combining horses, people and therapy. She is also a PATH International certified riding and driving instructor, is certified as a PATH International equine specialist in mental health and is a certified Centered Riding Instructor. Rebecca taught the Hippotherapy Business course for Western Michigan University and teaches classes for Michigan State University Extension Proud Equestrian's Program. She has presented her research at every American Hippotherapy Association national conference for the past six years. Rebecca's research on hippotherapy has been published nationally (AHA Hippotherapy Journal issues Winter 2007, Summer 2012, and Summer 2013; and AOTA Press "Enhancing Human Occupation through Hippotherapy") and she has been published internationally through Horses in Education and Therapy International "2011 Annual Scientific Journal of Therapeutic Riding." Rebecca has offered internship opportunities in Occupational Therapy to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level students.