>>JENNIFER READY: EXPANDING EQUINE THERAPY IN JACKSONVILLE THAT’S THE GOAL AFTER NEW GRANT
WAS GIVEN TO THE CITY AND
HORSE THERAPIES. JOINING ME NOW
OUR DOCTOR CARLENE TAYLOR
DOCTOR PEGGY FULLER WHO ARE
BOTH DIRECTORS ON THE BOARD FOR
HORSE THERAPIES OF NORTHEAST
FLORIDA. THANK YOU BOTH FROM
TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US
THIS MORNING.
>> WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO BE
HERE. THANK YOU THANK YOU.
>> AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW THE GRANT CAME ABOUT.
>> ON THE GRANT IS FROM THE DELORES BARR WEAVER, A LEGACY FUND AND SHE’S THAT THAT
FUND IS VERY SUPPORTIVE BETTER
IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE FEEL
THIS PROGRAM IS EXACTLY FITS
WITH THAT THAT
THAT MODEL WE’RE GOING TO SERVE
OUR CHILDREN AND
FROM ALL WALKS OF THAT DON’T
RESPOND MADE TODAY SHOULD TO
TRADITIONAL THERAPIES.
WE ALSO BESIDES THE ONE TO ONE
GRANT WE I GENEROUS DONATION
FROM THE DUVAL MATTER COMPANY
AND THE GRAHAM MISTER TIP
GRAHAM. I WHO UNFORTUNATELY
PASSED AWAY FROM A LAST WAS
THE ORIGINAL VISIONARY AND
BRINGING EQUINE THERAPY IS TO
THE JAX MORE
QUESTIONS CENTER AND ALSO FROM
A ANOTHER GENEROUS DONATION
FROM RANDALL MARKSMAN WHO WAS
AN EQUINE IN BUSINESS.
>>JENNIFER READY: WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THIS
WILL BENEFIT.
>> SO THIS GRANT GOES TO FORCE
THEIR APPEASE TO PREDOMINANTLY
FUND STAFFING FOR
THE IMPLEMENTATION. THE PROGRAM
COMING INTO THE JACKSONVILLE
EQUESTRIAN CENTER IS REALLY
GOING TO BENEFIT THE LAW THE
WHOLE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA.
OR AND WHEN THERE IS ACTUALLY A
TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL FOR
TREATMENT
RESISTANCE POPULATIONS. SO THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAKE CARE OF
VETERANS WITH POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER OR TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURIES CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES
OF TRAUMA. PRESS CHILDREN IN
FOSTER CARE DO NOT A LINCOLN
SEE ISSUES HER TREATMENT
RESISTANT DEPRESSION
OR ANXIETY. ALL OF THOSE ARE
THINGS POINT HERE IS ACTUALLY
BENEFICIAL FOR AND SO ALL THE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE HEALTHCARE
ORGANIZATIONS, BAPTIST HEALTH,
NEW WARS.
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BROOKS WE HAVE THE AGENCIES THAT ARE THAT ARE SERVING POPULATIONS TODAY. CAN BENEFIT
BY HAVING A
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REFERRAL SOURCE. THERE ARE
TREATMENT RESISTANT POPULATION.
>>JENNIFER READY: FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR. WHAT IS THE JACKSONVILLE
EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND WHAT DOES
IT DO FOR THOSE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
>> SO THE JETS WILL QUESTION
CENTER WAS A PART OF BETTER
JACKSONVILLE PLAN BACK FROM
2000. AND WE
HAS DONE A WIDE VARIETY OF
EVENTS THAT FREE AND OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC WE HAVE NOT ONLY
HORSE EVENTS BUT DOG AGILITY.
CONCERTS.
MY BRONZE FUN RUNS ETCETERA AND
WITH THE ADDITION OF THIS
PROGRAM WILL EVEN SERVE A
LARGER BROADER BASE TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND THERE IS
A NEW PROGRAM OPENING UP LATER
THIS YEAR TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT. SURE
SO THE.
>> GRAHAM IS AN EQUINE ASSISTED
ACTIVITIES AND THERAPIES
PROGRAM AND IT’S A CLINICAL
PROGRAM SO.
>> A MASTER’S PROVIDERS FOR
COUNSELING MENTAL HEALTH,
PHYSICAL THERAPY OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY SPEECH AND
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND
THERAPEUTIC RIDING IN EQUINE
FACILITATED LEARNING OR THE
SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE
PROVIDED THROUGH FORCE
THERAPIES SO LICENSE
CREDENTIALED MEDICAL PROVIDERS.
YOU ALSO HAVE EXPERT TRAINING
IN ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY COIN
THERAPY THAT THEY GET FROM
MY PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH FLORIDA BROOKS COLLEGE OF
HEALTH WILL BE WORKING IN THE
FARM SETTING TO BRING MEDICAL
SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
HORSES INTO THE COMMUNITY.
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♪ ♪ >>JENNIFER READY: WHERE CAN
PEOPLE GO TO GET MORE
INFORMATION.
WE HAVE 2 DIFFERENT WEB SITES
YOU CAN GO TO JAX FORCE
THERAPIES DOT OR OR
JACKSONVILLE
EQUESTRIAN CENTER. I BELIEVE
THAT’S JX I’M SORRY JAX
EQUESTRIAN CENTER TO GET
MORE INFORMATION. A DOCTOR