 Therapeutic Riding Program Tel: (613) 257-7121 * Fax: (613) 257-2675 * Toll-free (800) 667-2617 E-Mail: info@therapeuticriding.ca and/or developmental disabilities in Lanark County since 1986. The History & Background of the Lanark County Therapeutic Riding Program: The Lanark County Therapeutic Riding Program provides specialized riding lessons to children and adults with physical and/or developmental disabilities. The Riding Program is under the umbrella of Lanark Community Programs which in turn is sponsored by The North Lanark Community Health Centre. In 2009 we celebrated our 23d anniversary of offering this beneficial program to the residents of Lanark County and the Ottawa Valley. The program began in 1986 with just twelve young riders at one location. Over the years the program has grown and developed to include more than 135 riders taking lessons at four different locations in Lanark County. Therapeutic riding emphasizes the learning of functional riding skills as a means of improving the physical and/or mental well-being of the participants. It encompasses disabilities categorized as orthopedic, neurological, and a broad range of others. The riders who are involved in the Riding Program range in age from 2 to 73 years of age and have a wide variety of both physical and developmental disabilities including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Down Syndrome, stroke, spinal cord injury, amputees, brain damage, blindness and hearing loss, learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, global developmental delay, autism and children who are at risk. Hippotherapy is a passive form of riding where the rider reacts to the three-dimensional rhythmic movement of the horse. We have a consulting Physiotherapist who has her Level 11 training in Hippotherapy and volunteers for the program on a part time basis working one-on-one with the riders using the horse as a living physiotherapeutic tool. Location of Program Riding Stables  Stars denote the locations of the stables being used by the Lanark County Therapeutic Riding Program Directions to Cedar Rock Farm, Perth: From Ottawa take 417 to exit on to Hwy #7, go through Carleton Place to Perth. Turn left at the first set of lights in Perth on to Drummond Street. Go past hospital, church on left, over small bridge, through flashing light, past court house on left, come to stop sign and turn left on to Hwy # 43 or Craig Street. Go about 2 km and look for Carson’s on your right, it is a farm machinery shop. The road right after Carson’s is Rathwell. Turn right and go right to the end of the dead-end road on the left. 911 number is #100 Directions to Huntingford Polo Farm, Dwyer Hill Road in Almonte: This new stable is at the laneway past #723 Dwyer Hill Road (if you are coming from Ottawa / Carleton Place). The laneway is underneath a big hydro tower with a sign "Lanark County Therapeutic Riding Program" on the fence. It is after the Old ALmonte Road if you are coming from the ALmonte direction. Directions to Heroncrest Stable, Smiths Falls: From Ottawa take 417, exit on Hwy #7 towards Carleton Place. In Carleton Place turn left/north on Hwy #15 (2nd set of lights), go about 15 km and look for McPherson Rd. on the left hand side, go down past a marshy area and it's approx. 2km down the rd on the left. From Smiths Falls go north on Hwy #15 and turn right on McPherson Rd. 911 number is 588      
Visit our Slide Show Photo Presentation 103 Judson Street Carleton Place Ontario, Canada K7C 2S5 E-Mail: info@therapeuticriding.ca  Carleton Place's Web Service |
