Leader of the Herd - Decoding Behaviors - IN PERSON (06/06/2025)

EQUINE-ASSISTED PARENTING PRACTICE LAB

This 4-hour workshop builds on participants’ understanding of how trauma impacts brain development, attachment, and behavior. Through experiential exercises with horses, foster and kinship caregivers will gain insight into how fear and survival instincts show up in children’s actions while learning ways to notice dysregulation and respond with patience and empathy. The workshop includes a light lunch. There is no riding involved and no previous equine experience is necessary.

Groundwork Ranch
10433 Dillon Rd
Broomfield, CO | 80020

As prey animals, horses are a lot like children who have experienced trauma; their survival depends on heightened awareness and knowing who to trust. That’s why working with horses offers a great opportunity for practicing parenting skills that are critical to developing a sense of safety and creating a healthy, healing home environment for children who have survived trauma. Caregivers learn and practice essential skills for managing challenging, trauma-based behaviors. These 4 hour workshops are changing the way caregivers are parenting.

Feedback from previous participants: "My day with a rescued mustang taught me more about myself and my kids than I ever expected. By learning to read his non-verbal communication,I was able to know what made him scared and what made him feel safe.”