Engaging the mind, body, and spirit of individuals with special health needs through equine movement.
Spirit of Wonder was founded in 2023 with a mission to engage the mind, body, and spirit of individuals with special health needs by improving access to individualized therapies using equine movement. We strive to promote awareness, acceptance, inclusion, and accessibility to innovative and evidence-based therapies.
We Partner with Wonderment Therapies to Offer:
Hippotherapy
"The term hippotherapy 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 as a therapy tool to engage sensory, neuromotor, and cognitive systems to promote functional outcomes. This tool is incorporated with other standard therapy toolsand strategies to best address funcitonal outcomes. "(American Hippotherapy Association , 2022)
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Spirit of Wonder will work in collaboration with Wonderment Therapies' Occupational and Speech Therapists to provide occupational therapy and speech therapy using equine movement.
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Participant Resources
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Financial Aid Application
Spirit of Wonder provides assistance for families who are interested in incorporating equine movement into their child's therapy services. This is made possible with Wonderment Therapies Therapists using evidence-based practices and clinical reasoning to purposely manipulate the movement of the horse to engage the client’s sensory, neuromotor, and cognitive systems to achieve functional outcomes (American Hippotherapy Association, 2020).
Statistics
26%
The population of Stark County is 33,646 people with 26% of the population being under the age of 18.
6.1%
Of individuals living in Stark County under the age of 18 have a disability.
8.5%
Of individuals under the age of 18 live below poverty level.
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Thank you!!
We want to thank the following individuals and agencies
for believing in the mission of Spirit of Wonder!
This project is supported by the DD Council, through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), financial assistance awarded with 100% funding by ACL/HHS. The contents do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by ACL/HHS, the US Government or DD Council.