Brecht Stables Adventure Based Summer Camps,
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy & Therapeutic Horseback Riding
At Brecht Stables our Therapeutic Riding programs and camps give the rider a different, and enjoyable outlet to traditional therapy. Therapeutic horseback riding, also known as Equine Assisted Activity or Adaptive Riding is for individuals with a broad range of physical, emotional, cognitive, and social disabilities. There are several different kinds of programs that utilize horses and horse riding for recreational benefits. Equine Assisted Activities are especially targeted for persons with disabilities.
We serve individuals with:
- Down Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Autism
- Tremors
- Seizures
- Spina Bifida
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Developmental and speech delays
Learning on horse back is fun! Most of the time, children do not realize that they are learning useful skills besides how to ride the horse!
Benefits of Therapeutic Riding:
- Improves motor planning
- Improves core strength
- Improves attention span
- Improves bilateral skills
- Stimulates muscle memory
- Teaches respect and patience
- Introduces positive sensory activities
- Teaches trust
- Increases self confidence
- Improves speech
- Develops or improves social skills
- Improves large motor skill
- Improves fine motor skills
- Strengthens spinal and pelvic muscles
- Increases vestibular system by the 3 dimensional movement of the horse
Day camp
Special Needs Day Camp- July 9-13, July 16-20, July 23-27, 2018
Monday-Thursday 9-3 and Friday 9-12 with a horse show at noon.
Campers must bring sack lunch, water bottle, extra pair of clothes and shoes. Must be brought to camp with closed toed shoes. Campers must be ambulatory for all day camps and not be an elopement risk for safety requirements with the horses. Parents are required to sign in and out with license. Campers will have hours of equine time with our therapeutic riding horses and enjoy typical camp activities with typical peers.
Day Camp Cost
$325 per camper per week. Late pick up available for additional charge and MUST be set up ahead of time.
Overnight camps
Special needs overnight camp- June 10-16 and June 18-24, 2018
Experiential sleep away camp for kids and adults with special needs. We are a clinically informed camp where therapists, special ed teachers and nurses are your campers direct staff. We work with parents and camper’s current therapist to achieve preset goals throughout the camp week. We have treatments teams each night to assess how the day went and write discharge summaries.
While the campers are learning how to shoot the yellow minion monkey jumpers with a bow and arrow, how to be a proper knight, taking hiking trips to find Big Foot and learning the stories of the great Native Americans on the rock formations and shooting blow darts at the pop-able paint balls or a 3-man sling shot over the bunk house with their friends, we are adapting every activity so the campers can be successful, make lasting friendships and improve self-confidence.
Overnight Camp will meet at 6737 Concord Rd Cumming, 30028 at Brecht Stables & Dustin's Place to pick up and drop off campers. Then we will bus campers and staff to New Beginnings Youth Ranch in Clarkrange, TN. New Beginnings is a 200 acre working cattle ranch with separate male/female sleeping quarters.
Camp Cost
Overnight camp- total is $1900. **Tons of early bird specials and scholarships up to $1000 available.
Macaroni Kid Exclusive Discount!!!
Email Lynn Brecht at lynn@brechtstables.com to request your Macaroni Kid discount.
Overnight camps- $100 off
Day camps- $25 off
Brecht Stables & Dustin's Place
6737 Concord Rd Cumming, GA 30028
(678) 644-5243
lynn@brechtstables.org
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