Rainbow Horses UK

Rainbow Horses UK Equine Assisted Learning and Therapy for children with autism or similar social and emotional issue

Many different approaches to working with horses have been developed internationally with different names: Equine Therapy, Hippotherapy, Equine Facilitated Learning, Equine Assisted Therapy. We use the term 'Equine Interaction' as our approach is based on the interactions that occur in sessions between the child with autism and the horses, as well as between the child and the parents, siblings and workers. Sue is a certified professional in The Horse Boy Method™, trained by Rupert Isaacson (see links to Horse Boy websites). We also use music (singing 'commentary songs' as well as more common songs), sung in time to the horse's movement, to engage the child and to provide repeated, structured language. Research has shown that being with horses, and horse-riding, has the potential to be of benefit to children with autism in many areas including verbal and non-verbal communication, social interaction, motivation, attention and eye contact. It also improves motor skills, assists sensory integration, increases confidence and has a calming effect; as well as being a fun and healthy physical activity!

03/07/2024

So much this!!!

03/07/2024
Ooh great idea!!
17/05/2024

Ooh great idea!!

Collaboration with Amy and Reuben. Horse poo spiral

My favourite article about the local elections!
03/05/2024

My favourite article about the local elections!

Voting has been taking place across England to elect local councillors, mayors and police commissioners – with residents often taking along their canine companions

How beautiful
18/03/2024

How beautiful

In the wild foals nurse as much for comfort as they do for nutrition. Here is Hayden nursing on her Mom Scarlet as Hayden’s foal Chelsea nursing on her Mom. A family moment. Because to wild horses, family is what their lives are all about. Fabulous Photo by John T Humphrey. Please SHARE our posts and help us teach about wild horse behavior.

24/02/2024

Fun for the chickens today 🥰

Flying unicorn on its way to Rainbow Horses and also needs a name 🥰
24/02/2024

Flying unicorn on its way to Rainbow Horses and also needs a name 🥰

24/02/2024

A new school canteen queueing system which gives priority to pupils with higher attitude scores has been criticised by parents.

Just picked a new member of the herd! Any ideas for names?
24/02/2024

Just picked a new member of the herd! Any ideas for names?

A sunny morning with the animals at Rainbow Horses 😊
23/02/2024

A sunny morning with the animals at Rainbow Horses 😊

18/02/2024

Parenting in crisis is something we don’t even realise we are doing.

When we become parents we just go with the flow wherever that takes us. We are led to believe that every behaviour or dofference is normal for development at specific ages, and because we aren’t listened to when we communicate the intensity and frequency of those differences we just continue once again, falling deeper and deeper into crisis.

We are often so bogged down with exhaustion that we become extremely defensive and less patient with outsiders than we would like.

We get overwhelmed easily, because all our energy goes to making sure we keep our kids regulated, safe and happy. But oftentimes we struggle to do that because we are triggered and are triggering.

We often neurodivergent without realising, the sheer amount of parents who are parenting neurodivergent children don’t realise they also have their own needs and differences but have masked for so long that they don’t put two and two together. parenting in burnout.

When this happens, rock bottom feels like there is no end in sight, there is no way out, no one is coming to rescue you or provide you with the ladder that you need in order to climb back out. The Ladder of Connection will only work with the whole family building it back up. As a collective.

It’s all down to us. it takes a while to realise this though. And sometimes you may never.

But what I have learned along the way is that our parenting and family dynamics are SO UNIQUE, so nuanced, so so different to even families with similar ND profiles that this journey can only be directed by us and our children.

No parenting course is going to fit everyone’s needs perfectly, most of them are filled with behaviour modification, ableism and consequences that they just make things much more harder to come back from.

There isn’t compassion and understanding, empathy, or trust.

It’s just a game of parents = boss, and they must earn their respect.

What I don’t understand is, how can we we teach our children to have self worth when we try and modify their true existence?

I was there. I wore the proverbial t-shirt. And I thank my children for ripping it off my back and shredding it to pieces because without them and their individuality, their persistence for autonomy and their brave advocacy, I would NEVER have known I had my own differences and neurodivergence.

I have them to thank for that. The chaos. The crisis. collateral damage.

This is why, my parenting programme does NOT TEACH YOU HOW TO PARENT! Because you know. It’s in there. We just need to untangle the mess that society created and help you:

1 - The Triangle of Trauma

2 - The Stepping Stones

3 - The Ladder of Connection.

4 - Connecting the blocks

5 - The Circle of Co-Regulation.

Calm, Connection & Co-Regulation - A Nurturing Parenting Approach.

Perfect for families who are PDA, autistic, adhd, or a mixture of all and more!

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18/02/2024

Address

Langar Lane, Harby
Melton Mowbray
LE144BL

Opening Hours

Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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+447960031312

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Many different approaches to working with horses have been developed internationally with different names: Equine Therapy, Hippotherapy, Equine Facilitated Learning, Equine Assisted Therapy. We use the term 'Equine Interaction' as our approach is based on the interactions that occur in sessions between the child and the horses, as well as between the child and the parents, siblings and workers. We also use music (singing 'commentary songs' as well as more common songs), sung in time to the horse's movement, to engage the child and to provide repeated, structured language. Research has shown that being with horses, and horse-riding, has the potential to be of benefit to children with autism in many areas including verbal and non-verbal communication, social interaction, motivation, attention and eye contact. It also improves motor skills, assists sensory integration, increases confidence and has a calming effect; as well as being a fun and healthy physical activity!

Sue Coombes is a qualified teacher with over 18 years’ experience of working with children with autism of all abilities. She also has a diploma in child counselling and is a certified professional in The Horse Boy Method™, trained by Rupert Isaacson (see links to Horse Boy websites).