23. PART ONE: Equine Assisted Learning with Debbie and Blair from Strides to Success

Episode 23: PART ONE: Equine Assisted Learning:  a Depth of Knowledge & Purposeful Intention

Equine Assisted Learning is a wonderful way to build skills and meet goals for our participants, but there is a lot to it!  Debbie Anderson and Blair McKissock from Strides to Success have been “gathering EAL gold” for the last 25 years and they are hear to share it with us!  Join us to hear from EAL experts in our field! They help facilitate many questions for us like ‘What is your intention for  partnering with horses?’  Have you explored the depth of knowledge it requires? Have you set up your participants for success with EAL?

Debbie Anderson ESMHL CTRI, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Strides to Success. Debbie has served in the animal assisted therapy industry for over 30 years. Debbie loves to serve as the welcome mat for people that are new to EAL.  She  loves to listen to their vision and lend them any experience that maybe helpful and guide them to resources that will help them make their dream a reality.  Blair McKissock PhD ESMHL, CTRI, CTRS and director or HorseWork Education at Strides to Success.  Blair has been in the field of human-animal interaction and experiential education for over 20 years. She earned her BS in Recreation Therapy and her MS in Education and has a PhD in EcoPsychology.  She is also the chair of the equine facilitated learning (EAL) community for PATH and works nationally to establish standards in EAL.

Check out everything Strides has to offer at https://stridestosuccess.org/

PATH EAL Core Competencies:  https://www.pathintl.org/images/pdf/resources/PATH-Intl-EAL-Final-Core-Competencies.pdf

PATH EAL Guidelines:  https://www.pathintl.org/images/pdf/resources/PATH-Intl-EAL-Guidelines.pdf