ATHENA/Horse Boy Method – Intro E-Book ATHENA/HORSE BOY METHOD – E-BOOK INTRO PAGE Welcome to ATHENA (Applied Techniques for Horse-based Educational and Neuroscientific Approaches)/Horse Boy Method’s e-book. Over the following pages we will take you through the basics of the Method from how it started to its current application. Focusing on the six stages of the Method, the 8 Guidelines that ensure the 6 stages are correctly applied and the 5 levels of ATHENA/Horse Boy Method and what they mean. Please be aware that reading this e-book is simply an introduction and does not qualify or certify anyone to be a ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Practitioner. Use what you feel is relevant and helpful in your practice, but if you do want to advertise yourself as a offering Horse Boy Method/ATHENA we need you to go through a few steps to get started. Becoming a Practitioner: P a g e | 1 Last Updated: 9 May 2019 © All rights reserved. Reading this e-book does not qualify any individual as ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Practitioner. Horse Boy LLC not liable for any harm caused by individual applying Methods conveyed in this document. ATHENA/Horse Boy Method – Intro E-Book A Practitioner is what we call the people that run horse-based program, have taken at least Horse Boy Method 1 and have afterwards gone through an evaluation process to get our stamp of approval. To become a Practitioner, it is required to take each level of ATHENA/Horse Boy Method as an evaluated course. To get started as a Practitioner with our ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Level 1 course online click here or check here for upcoming live courses. Get ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Certified Online Get started here. If you want to not bother with a certification process but want to take the courses and afterwards just apply what you learned, go for it! We can also list you as Inspired Center which means you offer ATHENA/HBM to the best of your ability but we do not have any knowledge of what exactly that means and therefore you cannot call yourself a Practitioner or advertise Horse Boy Services. But! The more kids we can each by inspiring you with some of our work, the better. You can find a list of current Practitioners and Inspired Centers here. A MUST for anybody serious about the work with children on the spectrum: Also check out our Movement Method kinetic‐learning Program. We strongly recommend that any person working with children with neuro psychiatric conditions should learn Movement Method to make their Equine Therapy sessions as effective as possible. Get Lesson Plans Now: When working in your program you can make your Equine Therapy sessions much more effective and valuable for the child and family if you work with the family on the academics the child is supposed to master. Here are Lesson Plans, Teaching Strategies and ideas on Teaching Environments for all ages. P a g e | 2 Last Updated: 9 May 2019 © All rights reserved. Reading this e-book does not qualify any individual as ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Practitioner. Horse Boy LLC not liable for any harm caused by individual applying Methods conveyed in this document. ATHENA/Horse Boy Method – Intro E-Book You need Lesson Plans that hit all great levels and are easy to do, and which most importantly can all be done through movement, which is the key to long term learning. Our Lesson Plans are produced in association with the University of Osnabrück and are cutting edge in making especially math and science both easy and fun as well as active. Your kids will learn without even knowing they are learning: and that is the key to excellence. To access the Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies go here. Addressing Behaviors: For the children that are working on behavioral issues, social skills, life skills and all the way through self-advocacy, we have nearly 100 lessons totaling approximately 130 pages of written content on the website helping you address behaviors in fun and easy to follow modules. The advice is very practical, and you don’t require any expensive investments. You can get started immediately. We address, among others, speech, potty training, self-advocacy, how to find the right therapist, violence, socially ‘inappropriate’ behaviors and much more. Check out this page for a sample module and join us as Silver member now to get access to all modules. P a g e | 3 Last Updated: 9 May 2019 © All rights reserved. Reading this e-book does not qualify any individual as ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Practitioner. Horse Boy LLC not liable for any harm caused by individual applying Methods conveyed in this document. ATHENA/Horse Boy Method – Intro E-Book ALSO DOWNLOAD MOVEMENT METHOD – E‐BOOK FREE DOWNLOAD AT HTTPS://NTLS.CO/IMAGES/NTLS/PDF/MOVEMENTMETHOD-EBOOK.PDF P a g e | 4 Last Updated: 9 May 2019 © All rights reserved. Reading this e-book does not qualify any individual as ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Practitioner. Horse Boy LLC not liable for any harm caused by individual applying Methods conveyed in this document. ATHENA/Horse Boy Method – Intro E-Book TABLE OF CONTENTS Intro page ........................................................................................................................................ 1 What is ATHENA/Horse Boy Method? ............................................................................................ 7 How Horse Boy Method Began ....................................................................................................... 8 ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Today .............................................................................................. 10 THE Science: Why the Method works ........................................................................................... 13 ATHENA’s/Horse Boy Method’s 6 Stages ..................................................................................... 15 Environment .............................................................................................................................. 15 Sensory Work ............................................................................................................................ 16 Back-Riding ................................................................................................................................ 17 Rule Based Games, Perspective Taking and Theory of Mind .................................................... 20 Academics ................................................................................................................................. 22 Self Advocacy............................................................................................................................. 24 The Guidelines – Creating the right Human Environment ........................................................... 25 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 25 Guidelines Group A: Setting yourself up for success ................................................................ 27 Guideline 1: Self-Compassion ................................................................................................ 27 Guideline 2 – Trust the Experts ............................................................................................. 29 Guideline 3 – Pick Your Battles .............................................................................................. 30 Guideline 4 – Follow the Child: .............................................................................................. 32 Guidelines Group B: Setting the child up for success ............................................................... 34 Guideline 5 – Minimize Attention and Eye Contact .............................................................. 34 P a g e | 5 Last Updated: 9 May 2019 © All rights reserved. Reading this e-book does not qualify any individual as ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Practitioner. Horse Boy LLC not liable for any harm caused by individual applying Methods conveyed in this document. ATHENA/Horse Boy Method – Intro E-Book Guideline 6 – Humor .............................................................................................................. 36 Guideline 7 – Allow Time For Innovation and Reflection ...................................................... 38 Guideline 8 – The Right Pressure ........................................................................................... 40 Some closing thoughts on the Guidelines ................................................................................. 42 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 43 Next Steps ..................................................................................................................................... 45 P a g e | 6 Last Updated: 9 May 2019 © All rights reserved. Reading this e-book does not qualify any individual as ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Practitioner. Horse Boy LLC not liable for any harm caused by individual applying Methods conveyed in this document. ATHENA/Horse Boy Method – Intro E-Book WHAT IS ATHENA/HORSE BOY METHOD? An effective and simple way of promoting communication, learning, and actual brain building through working with clients and families affected by neuro-psychiatric conditions such as autism, ADD, ADHD, PTSD, anxiety, depression, OCD, eating disorders and anything else that involves information coming from the nervous system to the brain. Among the many benefits are speech – both