Sessions are facilitated in child friendly, accessible outdoor spaces, in our arena, barn, or fields - accessible and inclusive for a wide range of needs.

Fun, child-led play, lies at the centre of the services, through everyday experiences combined with assessment, planning and goal orientated sessions.

Getting inventive with grooming for example, provides unique opportunities to work at different heights and positions, reaching up, down and across the pony’s body. In turn, with the support and direction from the Physiotherapy team, we are able to work on balance reactions, muscle engagement, fine motor control, shoulder stability and introduce sensory rich experiences through grooming alone. Opportunities for enhancing language and communication, alongside self care, social and emotional skills are also extensive as we facilitate the connection of neural pathways that link these areas of development and support neuroplasticity (brain learning).

For our ambulant and adventurous clients, we engage in these skills through nature hunts and obstacle courses with the ponies, staying within our dedicated and accessible areas for children who need a greater level of support with their movement skills. The setting, ponies and opportunities we can provide, really enhance intrinsic motivation for learning with some profound effects that are underpinned by research and literature.

Please get in touch if you'd like to talk to one of the team about whether this group provision is right for your child.