School Groups

Rainbow Riders is committed to developing safe and inclusive programming, which led to the development of the school group program in 2021. In partnership with various schools in the metro area, riders come with their classmates during school hours to participate in therapeutic riding or horse discovery sessions. The participants ride in group lessons with up to four horse and rider combinations. These sessions mirror our therapeutic riding lesson structure, at 45 minutes to 1 hour long, running once a week for at least four weeks. If you think your school or classroom would benefit from partnering with Rainbow Riders, please email regrainbowridersnl@gmail.com

Who is Eligible?

We offer programming to children and adults of all ages who have a physical, emotional, cognitive or social disability. This includes a wide variety of diagnoses, including but not limited to:

  • Autism

  • Cerebral Palsy

  • Down Syndrome

  • ADHD

  • Emotional Trauma

  • PTSD

  • Genetic Anomalies

  • Blindness

  • Hearing or Speech Impairment

  • Anxiety, Depression and/or other mental health related diagnoses

  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

  • Developmental Coordination Disorder

  • Cognitive Delay

  • Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Spinal Cord Injuries

  • Muscular Dystrophy

  • Amputation, including congenital limb absence

  • Etc.