Hippotherapy.... That’s weird, does this therapy involve a hippopotamus?!
"Hippos" in Ancient Greek for horse! ... races took place on courses called hippodromes (from the Greek words "hippos," meaning horse,...
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at the Ligonier Therapeutic Center
24 Stom Rd Ligonier, PA 15658
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- Nov 18, 2022
- 4 min
STAT continues growth, helping and healing
https://www.latrobebulletinnews.com/news/local/stat-continues-growth-helping-and-healing/article_fc29983e-67a6-5ddd-9521-1a5b9c6b68c0.htm...
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- Oct 17, 2021
- 7 min
Dumping My Albatross
EQuine Affect is a protocol designed by STAT Inc.'s Founder & CEO Catherine Markosky and co-created by Dr. Melissa Jenkins-Fernandez
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- Aug 14, 2021
- 1 min
Summerfest 2021
Goodbye Pandemic, Hello Summertime FUN! a FUNDRAISER for STAT programs and one big ass fan!! Yes it’s a really big fan that we need for...
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- Oct 10, 2020
- 2 min
Sick of Drama? Me too. But What Can You Do To Stop It?
Have you ever heard of The Drama Triangle? Before we take our groups out into the pastures for equine assisted psychotherapy (EAP), we...
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- Mar 31, 2020
- 6 min
STAT Awarded $100,000 Grant from PCCD, Will Work Closely with PITT PERU TAC
State grant boosts substance-abuse therapy using horses at Ligonier Therapeutic Center in Cook Township, Westmoreland County, PA...
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- Dec 16, 2019
- 2 min
Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy is for humans, not horses, right?
What is Equine Assisted Psychotherapy anyway? Equine Assisted Therapy is a form of experiential therapy that includes horses and a...
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- Aug 28, 2019
- 3 min
STAT Featured in NEXTPittsburgh
Pittsburgh equine therapy programs offer life-changing support to kids with special needs Kristy Locklin August 28, 2019 Kidsburgh...
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- Apr 15, 2019
- 3 min
Cook Township center’s new enclosure allows year-round equine therapy
No This is Not "April Fool's" https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/cook-township-centers-new-enclosure-allows-year-round-equine-therap...
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- Oct 31, 2018
- 4 min
Imagine ... being only a child and having to live with excessive stress. What do you know about &quo
Excessive activation of stress response systems affects the brain and other organ systems in many ways. When we feel threatened, our body...
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- Oct 16, 2018
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13 Children from Easterseals School Visit "It was a perfect day, like no other!"
On 10/10 a group of 4 to 8 year old children from the easterseals school visited the STAT Ligonier Therapeutic Center. It was sunny and...
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- Sep 1, 2018
- 4 min
What is EAGALA?
EAGALA is an acronym for the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association, an organization founded in 1999 that is now located in 41...
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- May 15, 2018
- 2 min
Rewriting the Trauma Script
Data Shows Significantly Reduced PTSD Effects for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families using the EAGALA (Equine-Assisted Growth...
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- Mar 14, 2018
- 3 min
You asked? "What's the Difference between Hippotherapy and Therapeutic Riding?"
The Answer: Hippotherapy is a form of physical, occupational and speech therapy in which a therapist uses the characteristic movements of...
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- Mar 8, 2018
- 2 min
A Grant from the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation Launches The Final Construction Phase of the Ligonie
Ligonier, PA -- The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation have provided a fifth year grant for a total of more than $100,000 to help kick start...
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- Mar 1, 2018
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EAGALA - equine-assisted psychotherapy and equine-assisted counseling services at the LTC in 2018
Here, at the Ligonier Therapeutic Center in Ligonier, PA, we have created an environment where at risk youth, veterans, military members...
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- Sep 10, 2013
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Recipe: Horse + iPad + Speech Language Pathology Interns
Children with autism have great difficulty developing verbal communications skills; 40 percent are, like Catherine's son Max, nonverbal....
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