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Comment on American Hippotherapy Conference by JENIFER STEFFY

JENIFER STEFFY — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:54:31 +0000

I am a senior at Purdue University studing Agriculture Education and have recently became interested in hippothearpy. I have always been around horses and feel like you, that horses can help the human body, both physically and mentally. I was wondering is there someway I can get certified in Hippothearpy without attending school to become a thearpist. There is nothing around my area like this to help people and I would love to be able to get one started. If I am not able to be certifed as a Hippothearpist, is there something I can do to be able to preform some of these activies. My main goal is to help others, I believe strongly in the aid of horses to help people.
Thank you for your time, Jenifer Steffy

Comment on 10 Rainy Day Activities for Therapeutic Riding Instructors by Kristen

Kristen — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:29:00 +0000

Hi Gina, I would love to learn more about how you apply the DIR model to equine assisted theapy. I am a speech therapist who is just starting out with hippotherapy, and I would love some input as to how to combine the two. Thank you for any input you can offer

Kristen

Comment on CPT coding for Occupational Therapy using Hippotherapy by gina

gina — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:04:45 +0000

Kimberly,

It sounds as though your son is receiving therapy through an early intervention program at this time. Early intervention provides services for children birth through three years old. After three years old your child should be eligible for coverage through your medical insurance. Call your insurance company and ask if you have outpatient OT, PT or SLP (whichever therapist he is seeing) coverage and ask for a copy of the exclusions for your particular policy. If hippotherapy is not listed as an exclusion you can try to submit your billing statements. Your therapist should provide you with a billing statement that uses the CPT codes that reflect what they did with your child. The therapist has to designate which codes apply to what techniques they used while working with your son.

Comment on CPT coding for Occupational Therapy using Hippotherapy by Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:35:55 +0000

My almost 3 yr old son is mentally and physically disabled he does do the hippo therapy and loves it but I was just told that when he turns 3 and stops with all his therapist when he ages out at 3 that my blue cross will not pay for this therapy. If I call the insurance company and give them one of these codes do you think they will pay?

Comment on Therapeutic Riding Game by Deanne

Deanne — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:05:42 +0000

Great idea. I have developed something similar for my riders, but I really like the idea of additional directions on the back and the ideas for various ages.

Comment on Therapeutic Riding Game by Big Horn Saddle

Big Horn Saddle — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:37:36 +0000

Great site. It has been a real help for me as I deal with these things. Thanks a lot.

Comment on Schools: Bowling Green State University’s College of Education by gina

gina — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:10:24 +0000

Julie,

The OT could need supervision if they have minimal training in hippotherapy, could require a NARHA certified instructor to be part of their session if they work at a NARHA center or require supervision as required by their employer. Is there more information you were looking for?

gina taylor MS OT HPCS

Comment on Schools: Bowling Green State University’s College of Education by Julie

Julie — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:01:54 +0000

If an ot is engaged in performing hippo therapy what kind of supervision is needed during the session ?

Comment on 10 Rainy Day Activities for Therapeutic Riding Instructors by Beverly

Beverly — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:59:10 +0000

This is great ideas and fun ones too

Comment on Should your program add hippotherapy services? by Eldon Joplin

Eldon Joplin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:06:31 +0000

Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.