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Unleashing the Potential of Equine Therapy


Education:
All Education
CEC Category:
Clinical Medicine |  Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Duration:
54 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video

Dates


Description

Title: Unleashing the Potential of Equine Therapy 

Presenter: Kelly Alcock 

Date: February 12, 2026

Time: 9:00 am PT/11:00 am CT/12:00 pm ET

Credit: 1 Clinical Medicine (CM)/1 Veterinary Clinical Medicine (VCM)

Session Description: Equine-assisted therapy improves sensory and motor skills necessary for coordination, balance, and posture.  It combines instruction in traditional horsemanship skills with concepts of physical, occupational, and social/emotional therapies. 

Learning objectives

  1. Learn what therapeutic riding is
  2. Learn about who can benefit from therapeutic riding and how
  3. Learn about therapy horses and what makes them so special.
  4. Learn about Christian’s story
  5. Learn about available education and credentialing through PATH International
  6. Learn about ways in which the cost of therapeutic riding can be covered

Speaker

Kelly Alock's Profile

Kelly Alock Related Seminars and Products

Client Program Coordinator/PATH Certified Riding Instructor

Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding


Kelly Alcock is the client program coordinator at the Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding in Rockford, MI, where she has worked since 2003. Kelly is a Certified Instructor with PATH International (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International). She also coordinates the center’s internship program and Summer Horsemanship Day Camp.  


Dates

Thu, Feb 12, 2026 - 12:00 PM to 12:54 PM EST