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Hippotherapy Program:

A Treatment Tool for Speech & Language Therapy

Hippotherapy benefits the following:


❖ Receptive and/or Expressive
language impairments
❖ Pragmatic language impairments
❖ Oral motor impairments
❖ Oral/Verbal Apraxia
❖ Voice impairments
❖ Phonological impairments
❖ Fluency (Stuttering)
impairments
❖ Phonology impairments
❖ Auditory Processing Disorders
❖ Swallowing Impairments
(Dysphagia)
❖ Dysarthria

I CAN-T.E.R. in collaboration with Port Colborne Speech and Language Therapy is elated to offer Hippotherapy as a treatment tool for the provision of speech and language intervention. The term hippotherapy literally means “treatment with the help of a horse,” from the greek word
“hippos” meaning horse. It refers to how occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech-language pathology professionals use evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning in the purposeful manipulation of equine movement to engage sensory, neuromotor. We are now accepting applicants for the 2018 intake. Registration and medical forms can be found below: 

Please fill out form and email to icanter@icanter.ca
Interested in more information? Email us at www.icanter.ca
Inquiries

Phone 905-894-FARM

Email icanter@icanter.ca

OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Friday: 9:00-4:30

Closed on Weekends

Tours by Appointment only

ADDRESS

1234 House Rd.
RR #1

Ridgeway, ON

L0S 1N0

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