Carriage Driving Program

Carriage driving provides a recreational, social, physical experience that offers a variety of sensory and cognitive challenges. Physical benefits from carriage driving include: increased core strength, improvement in balance and increased fine and gross motor coordination. Carriage driving encourages the development of self-confidence and empowers individuals to make choices and demonstrate a relationship with the horse as various maneuvers are learned. It can improve the cognitive skills of sequencing, following directions, and differentiating between left and right.

Driving is a meaningful venue for prosocial interaction with other participants, the volunteers, instructors, and of course, the horse. It offers another opportunity for developing relationships, equine and human, of mutual respect and trust. Our carriage driving program serves a variety of people with a wide range of diagnoses.