Category: Success Stories
Tag: disability | Equine Therapy | Hippotherapy | Horse Therapy | Therapeutic/Adaptive Riding
“Mommy, I’m walking!” Those were the excited and proud words spoken by Colette when she took her first steps with a walker last summer. Three years earlier, Colette was a cheerful, smiling 8 ½-month-old baby who was able to stand up holding onto a table with one hand and progressing in her development as any …
Category: Success Stories
Tag: disability | Equine Therapy | Hippotherapy | Horse Therapy | Therapeutic/Adaptive Riding
Excited to ride his horse, “Tess,” Cade eagerly hops out of the family car as it arrives at The Shea Center for Therapeutic Riding. He runs ahead to the arena where the saddled horse is ready for the young rider. Cade, at 14 years old, has been a Shea Center client for nine years. During …
Category: Success Stories
Tag: disability | education | Special-needs School | Therapeutic Supports
Mardan School is a small non-profit, state-certified school for children Kindergarten through 12th grade struggling with mild to moderate social-emotional, learning, and/or behavioral challenges. At Mardan School, our structured and supported environment allows children who have had difficulties in other school settings learn the tools and strategies that will help them experience success. What constitutes …
Category: Success Stories
Tag: disability | dyslexia | education | language | learning
The Stern Center for Language and Learning is a nonprofit learning center dedicated to helping children and adults reach their academic, social, and professional goals. At an annual meeting of the organization, Zach Terwilliger shared his story and expressed gratitude for his Stern Center teachers who understood his learning disability, knew how to teach him …
Category: Success Stories
Tag: cerebral palsy | disability | occupational therapy | physical therapy
It is amazing how your vision for the future can change in an instant. That’s what happened when my triplets were born early at just 25 weeks, weighing just a few pounds each. I was devastated when, shortly after the girls were born, Corinne passed away from a rare heart defect, and Addison and Jocelyn …