The Equus Effect Apprenticeship
For Students who appear to be a good fit for The Equus Effect Curriculum Delivery
Trainees will be guided through the Equus Effect Program and Curriculum from its foundational concepts to its precise delivery. Utilizing both didactic and experiential learning, trainee teams will be able to hone the skills and applications of this work directly with real-time veteran and recovery populations, all with the direct oversight of the program creators and active staff.
As a graduate, you will be able to:
• Build and foster resonance between your horses and incoming trauma populations
• Ground your team/participants in their bodies to promote cohesive herd connection
• Facilitate relational collaboration through trauma sensitive natural horsemanship
• Demonstrate and teach the emotional agility practicum and reinforce learning in the round pen through real time exercises with the horses
– Facilitate ‘lessons learned’ from this material in the round pen or arena where any and all of the emotions described in the emotional agility material can emerge and be handled in more effective ways
– Promote resilience through five simple and practical take-home-tools for integration into life “off the farm”
• Construct and share your facility design with informed logistical solutions from our staff
• Connect with your local VA systems, Treatment Centers and complementary agencies via “warm-hand off” through our network contacts and satellite facilities
• Get your program up and running with the ongoing support of our emerging community
Time Commitment
Since this work is experiential, it is extremely important to have time to both absorb and to do the work itself.
Beginning in the Spring of 2018, we will expect prospective facilitators to participate in the following:
May: Train-the-Trainers Four-Day Intensive
A.M. [DIDACTIC] – Principles behind The Equus Effect Curriculum.
P.M. [EXPERIENTIAL] – Emotional Agility, trauma-sensitive natural horsemanship, linking emotions to the exercises with horses and to clients’ own inner experiences.
A.M. [DIDACTIC] – the neuroscience behind the work.
P.M. [EXPERIENTIAL] – Emotional Agility, linking activation/settling cycles exercises with horses and with self-regulation and resilience tools.
A.M. – Discussion/questions
A.M.–P.M. – Shadow Session with Veterans – Principles and Neuroscience in action.
P.M. – Debrief – Observations, Questions, Key Takeaways.
A.M. – Discussion/Questions
A.M. – Key Similarities/Differences in Program Applications – Veterans, Recovery, At-Risk Youth, Cancer Survivors, Adult Trauma-Survivors, Leadership Skills for individuals and businesses.
P.M. – Observe session with Treatment Center clients.
HOMEWORK – Complete reading and video list of essentials to understand warriors, trauma and other populations, create promotional materials for afternoon workshop to be conducted in teams, send flyers to The Equus Effect.
July: Train-the-Trainers Four-Day Emersion
A.M. [DIDACTIC] – Review of literature, videos, additional questions/observations
P.M. – Workshop for participants – Team I (population of choice)
P.M. – Debrief
A.M. – [DISCUSSION] – Feedback and discussion of workshop facilitation experience
P.M. – Workshop for participants – Team II (population of choice)
P.M. – Debrief
A.M. – [DISCUSSION] – Feedback and discussion of workshop facilitation
P.M. – Workshop for participants – Team III (veterans)
P.M. – Debrief
A.M. [DISCUSSION] – feedback and discussion of workshop facilitation experience
P.M. – [EXPERIENTIAL] – Workshop for participants – Team IV (treatment center)
P.M. – Debrief
P.M. – Training Volunteers, Logistics
HOMEWORK – Video of one session from home facility, Volunteer Training, Run of Show presentation of home facility, horses, obstacle courses, meeting room, etc.
September: Train-the-Trainers Four-Day Delivery
A.M. – [DISCUSSION] and [PRESENTATIONS] of videos, volunteer training and logistics for programs – troubleshooting/variations – Teams I & II
P.M. – [EXPERIENTIAL] – Workshop for participants – Team IV (new population)
P.M. – Debrief – differences/similarities between July/September Group Experience
A.M. – Debrief/Discussion – review of Day One – [PRESENTATIONS] of videos, volunteer training and logistics for programs – group participation in troubleshooting/variations – Team III & Team IV
P.M. – Workshop for participants – Team III (new population)
– Debrief
A.M. [Debrief/Discussion] – review of Day Two – Discussions around volunteer training/requirements, division of responsibilities, roles, team-focused facilitation, collaboration
P.M. – Workshop for participants – Team II (veterans)
– Debrief
A.M. [Debrief/Discussion] review of Day Three
A.M. [CONNECTING THE DOTS] Questions/discussion around relationships with Vet Centers, Treatment Centers, Agencies, Educational Systems
P.M. – Workshop for participants – Team I (treatment center)
– Debrief, Closing
The Equus Effect™ is a registered 501(c)(3) corporation. All contributions are 100% tax deductible.
DIRECTIONS
IMPORTANT!
Navigation apps do not work to our street address!!!
SET GPS to Sharon Town Beach, Mudge Pond Rd., Sharon, CT.
Drum Road is a Y-intersection directly across from entrance to the beach.
The facility is about 3/4 mile on the left.
Park in front of the red barn on the left or on the far side of the red cottage on the left.
NOTE: Please do not park or turn around in driveways on the right side of the road.
The Equus Effect
Address
37 Drum Road, Sharon, CT 06069
For general information:
Kelly Hitt
Communications &
Outreach Director
Kelly@TheEquusEffect.org
(203) 613-1107
Jane Strong, SEP, IFS Trained
Executive Director
Co-founder, Lead Facilitator
(860) 364-9985
David Sonatore, LCSW
Program Director
Co-founder, Lead Facilitator
(347) 439-1777