Why we are not hippotherapists

In the US there is no such thing as a hippotherapist. In other countries there are hippotherapists with detailed training and licensing required.  In the US, hippotherapy is a treatment strategy used by occupational therapists and assistants, physical therapists and assistants and speech and language pathologists.  Therefore, these unique professions keep their licensed professional scope of practice in the forefront when incorporating hippotherapy into their treatment strategies.  In the US, there is no licensed profession for hippotherapy; therefore there are no hippotherapists.