Programs
Our CanTRA and PATH Int. certified instructors use adaptive teaching techniques and or equipment to help individuals with unique physical, intellectual and/or social-emotional needs learn the skills of equestrian and horsemanship.
Among our program offerings we also provide Physiotherapy, with hippotherapy being our method of treatment as well as Therapeutic Recreation with a certified Recreation Therapist.
Click on our programs below for full descriptions.
Be a part of our Hope Haven Pegasus team! All skill levels of riders and horsemanship participants have a chance to train, compete and have fun together!
Individuals with challenges learn the skill of riding with the use of adaptive teaching techniques and equipment.
This unmounted program teaches how to care for, communicate with and exercise the horse from the ground or wheelchair.
Saddle Up for Success - Schools
A research-based program for elementary and high school students with emotional, cognitive and/or physical challenges.
A mounted treatment session with a physiotherapist who uses the horse’s unique movement to affect the client’s functional goals.
Program goals are recreation, leisure based and/or life skills based for individulas with unique needs.
Camp programs for all abilities and age groups taking full advantage of everything an equestrian farm has to offer!
Life at Hope Haven
Contact
545747 Sideroad 4A, RR #2
Markdale, ON N0C 1H0
(t) 519-986-1247
Directions
Located on Sideroad 4a between
7th Line and 9th Line.
Benoit Dube - Executive Director
execdir@hopehavencentre.org
Barb Sheperd - Development Officer
partnerships@hopehavencentre.org
Robyn Allen - Program Manager & Physiotherapist
program@hopehavencentre.org
Emma Houser - Volunteer Coordinator & Instructor (PATH Int. CTRI)
volunteer@hopehavencentre.org
Shannon Speer - Recreation Therapist
sspeer@hopehavencentre.org
Danielle Rose - Equine Manager & Instructor (PATH Int. CTRI)
drose@hopehavencentre.org
Ann-Ida Beck - Instructor (CanTRA CTRSI, PATH Int. CTRI)
abeck@hopehavencentre.org
Gillian MacNeill - Instructor (CanTRA CTRII, PATH Int. CTRI)
gmacneill@hopehavencentre.org
Robin Rich - Instructor (PATH Int. CTRI)
rrich@hopehavencentre.org
Gretel Stanish - Barn & Property Manager
gstanish@hopehavencentre.org