NEWCASTLE -- Horseback riding is a form of therapy at Horses for Healing in Newcastle. It has been helping people with special needs since 1997. Sedona Welsh, 17, could not walk when she first started ...

On her 25-acre Horse 'n' Feathers Ranch in Alvin, Gayle Mauzey is up every day at 5 a.m. She goes to bed at dark, and works hard in between. She's helping young lives. Horses for Kids at Risk, founded ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. A young girl in pink Santa’s helper elf ears emerged from the shadows of a small barn, guiding a miniature horse ...

Where there are horses and kids — there is hope. There are also experiences only equines can provide. Those experiences and more are offered by Hope, Horses & Kids, a nonprofit group founded 10 years ...

PATASKALA, Ohio — Child psychotherapy commonly takes place in a professional office. But professional treatment also is delivered successfully from a dirt-floor riding arena inside a barn or outside ...

Horses were there for Tracy Kujawa in one of her darkest moments, after she received her first cancer diagnosis. “I drove right to the barn where my horse was in Franklin, and I just laid down in her ...

CHICAGO – Though it may sound like one, this is no joke: Two miniature horses trotted into a hospital. Doctors and patients did double-takes when the equine visitors ambled down long corridors in the ...

As is true with just about any outdoor activity involving children, preparations were hurried but methodical as participants began arriving at the Ruth Arcand Park's equestrian center. After days of ...

CHAPS in Sheridan is Wyoming’s only dual-accredited equine therapy center. Its horses help military veterans, kids, and others find healing and a sense ...

When people think of teachers they rarely think of horses when, in fact, horses are first-rate educators who can teach young children and teens a variety of useful skills that promote lifelong ...

The biggest appeal for children accessing the services offered at Bentonville's therapeutic riding center Horses for Healing is simple, says board president Bill Towle. It's "the connection with the ...