Join AMYP for our next Community Outreach Event at Chastain Horse Park where we will be working directly with trainers and children with disabilities in need of equine therapy! The date is Saturday September 6 from 2-4 pm including a special follow up event with a chance to help "Positive Growth Group" immediately afterwards. This is a wonderful opportunity to directly touch humanity, give back and help young children.

Therapeutic Riding 

Whether it's a five year old with Down syndrome, a teenager struggling with depression, a 45-year old recovering from a spinal cord injury or a senior citizen recovering from a stroke, research shows that individuals of all ages who participate in Equine Assisted Therapy experience many physical and emotional rewards. Empirical research has proven benefits of therapeutic riding include: improved social interaction, problem solving, communication, social and daily life coping skills; as well as confidence building and increased physical strength and balance. Under the guidance of a certified instructor and trained volunteers, a patient benefits from the horse’s unique three-dimensional movement that replicates a human’s movement while walking. The smiles and rewards that are experienced daily by our therapeutic riders say it all!

Working with horses can have a major physical and emotional impact on people with a wide variety of issues and disabilities including:

Attention Deficit Disorder
Autism
Cerebral Palsy
Brain Injuries
Cerebrovascular Accident/Stroke
Developmental Delay/Cognitive Delay
Down Syndrome
Emotional Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Spina Bifida
Spinal Cord Injuries
Various learning and physical disabilities

For more information on therapeutic riding or the programs at Chastain park, please visit their website at www.chastainhorsepark.org 

For more details email C.O Chair Na'Aisha Austin: communityoutreach@atlmyp.org or (404)861-5868