Programs

Programs

Centaur Superstars

This six-leveled program is designed to enhance the riders’ life through teaching better communication skills, problem solving skills, social skills, and environmental awareness. Also, the Centaur Superstars program helps increase flexibility, balance, strength, and self-esteem for riders with various disabilities. This program includes private and group sessions for riders.

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

This Hippotherapy program offers riders therapy sessions with TREC equines and certified Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and/or Speech and Language Therapists. The three-dimensional movement that a horse provides, assists clients in muscle strengthening, balance, and motivation for rehabilitation and/or learning.

Round Pen, Straight Lives

The purpose of this program is to help teens, who have make poor decisions in life to gain better problem solving skills, how to stay focused, how to set positive goals, and how to improve their decision making skills. TREC’s horses are magnificent animals. The horses are sensitive to anger and rage, as well as patience and kindness. This program reaches deep into the minds of the youth in Pueblo’s community and allows them to let an animal be the instructor of the lesson.

The Full Scoop

This work therapy program is the original program that started TREC. Individuals with disabilities learn to interact with the horses in a relaxed working environment. Using rakes, shovels, and wheelbarrows, the clients with special needs clean up to five, 20X50-foot runs. This can be done daily or weekly. The clients learn to complete a task in a timely manor. Positive behaviors and social skills are developed because they work in teams. Since the clients volunteer their time to clean the horses’ stalls TREC offers a free therapeutic riding session each scheduled time the clients come out.

Velvet Noses

This sensory stimulation program is designed for clients in wheelchairs who are unable to sit on a horse. By interacting with TREC’s equine staff, clients have the opportunity of hearing, smelling, touching and seeing how a horse behaves through grooming, leading and lunging horses.

Work of Heart

This program educates volunteers interested in helping TREC in various ways, such as aiding in rider sessions, fundraising, public relations, and advertisement.

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Outdoor Education:
Middle school and high school students have the opportunity to tour TREC’s facility and get hands-on experience of activities and programs conducted at the center. Everyone leaves experiencing the challenges of what it is like to have a certain disability. These young adults leave TREC with a positive respect for people with special needs.

Leadership Workshops:
TREC brings the arena into the classroom to educate students on leadership and teamwork.

Community Education:
TREC attends fairs to educate citizens of Southern Colorado about TREC and explains the benefits of therapeutic riding, hippotherapy, and equine assisted psychotherapy. Volunteer opportunities are also introduced for those who show interest in helping TREC fulfill their mission.

Internship and Practicum Opportunities:
Universities and community colleges in Southern Colorado have utilized the TREC organization and its’ programming to fulfill students curricular requirements.

TREC-TECH:
In the arena training for those interested in pursuing a career in the therapeutic riding industry.

Continued Education:
TREC provides required hours of training to maintain certifications and program standards set forth by NARHA, North American Riding for the Handicapped Association and TREC.

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