Therapy done differently.
Cultivating growth, independence and strength in children, teens and young adults.
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Hippotherapy
Hippotherapy helps pediatric clients develop physical and cognitive skills through interactions with horses, fostering growth in a supportive environment.
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Children will be engaged in a variety of sensory and motor rich activities including horseback riding, groundwork with horses, water play, sensory play, gross motor and fine motor activities, and crafts!
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Occupational therapy in the home environment utilizes the home environment as the context for skill building. Therapy in the home allows for increased parent coaching and child led activities.
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Sensory Impact
- Being in nature offers a multi-sensory experience that allows for the experience and integration of simultaneous multiple sensations.
- Various opportunities for sensory input through auditory, tactile, visual, olfactory, proprioceptive, and vestibular stimulation, in addition to the processing and integration of these skills.
Cognitive Impact
- Increased attention and decreased attentional fatigue
- The natural environment is engaging, it allows the patient to direct their attention as they chose Executive functioning skills are challenged through unpredictable environment
- Engagement in outdoor and farm based activities challenge problem solving skills, cognitive flexibility, insight, sustained and divided attention and working memory
Physical Impact
- Increased physical energy
- Decreased cortisol, blood pressure and heart rate
- Improved body awareness
- Many opportunities for gross motor and stability based, balance and coordination through use of terrain and outdoor equipment
- Practice of fine motor skills in nature and bi-lateral coordination through digging in soil, grooming horses, navigating buckles/clips in natural environment, and handling of plants and other natural materials
Social Impact
- Being in nature leads to increased engagement with others
- Group engagement in outdoor based therapy provides the client with an increased sense of belonging through social engagement and inclusion
- Group work in an outdoor environment and work with equine partners promotes collaboration and team skills
Who We Are
Located in Montgomery County, MD, Cultivate Rehabilitation Services is a therapist-owned private practice that offers therapy services in a variety of settings including nature based therapy, hippotherapy, home and clinic based therapy sessions. Cultivate primarily serves children, teens and young adults. The services we offer at the farm begin as early as age 2. Home visits and clinic visits are appropriate for children ages 6 months and up.
Cultivate Rehabilitation is currently offering Occupational Therapy Services (OT). Occupational therapy (OT) is a healthcare profession that focuses on rehabilitation. OT can help people of all ages to increase their independence in meaningful daily activities, otherwise known as “occupations”. For a child, occupations can include: play, social interaction, self-care skills and academic skills. OTs evaluate motor skills, cognitive skills, psychological skills, social skills and sensory skills to determine deficit areas that are impacting a child’s independence. OTs utilize research based techniques to treat these deficits in order to help improve the child and caregivers quality of life.
Skills Addressed
- Fine Motor Skills
- Gross Motor Skills
- Strength
- Balance
- Life Skills (ADLs/IADLs)
- Executive Functioning Skills
- Sensory Processing
- Visual Motor Skills
- Visual Perceptual Skills
- Oculomotor Skills
- Cognitive Skills
- Social Skills
- Emotional Regulation
- Range of Motion
- And More!
