Power of the Horse: UpReach Therapeutic Equestrian Center - April 15, 2025

Power of the Horse: UpReach Therapeutic Equestrian Center - April 15, 2025

Includes a Live Web Event on 04/15/2025 at 12:00 PM (EDT)

A 1-Hour Training with Kristen McGraw

12pm-1pm

Virtual Via Zoom

Presentation: Horses offer a unique opportunity to learn about creating connection, building healthy relationships, and setting boundaries by engaging in experiential learning. Attendees will participate in virtual herd observation, discuss observed non-verbal language and transfer these observations to understand how humans can learn about themselves by partnering with horses.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe how horses can be effective partner when working with individuals recovering from addiction;
  2. Identify various opportunities to engage in equine assisted services; and
  3. Explain why horses can be effective partners when working with individuals recording.

    4. 1 Contact Hour Available

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    CRSW Performance Domains: 3-4
    LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 5, 7, 11, 13 & 15
    Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 2, 4 & 6
    NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A) 

    NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

    This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Kristen McGraw

Program Director

UpReach

Kristen McGraw Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH Intl.), Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor, Level II Therapeutic Driving Instructor, and an Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning. She served as the PATH Intl. New Hampshire State Chair from 2003-2006, currently is the PATH Intl. Membership Outreach Committee Chair, and was the Region 1 Representative and a past representative from 2006-2010, and as a Driving Committee member from 2007-2011. In 2012, Kristen received the PATH Intl. Certified Professional of the Year Award for Region 1. In 2010, she graduated from the Leadership Series through the NH Institute on Disabilities. As the co-guardian of an adult with a developmental disability, Kristen was appointed to sit on the Developmental Disabilities Council by Gov. Lynch in Oct. 2011 and served as the Chair of the Council from 2012-2016. Kristen oversees all of UpReach’s unmounted programs that support improving the physical, emotional, and psychological development of children and adults with disabilities.

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