Programs Available at the Ranch

Nurturing and bonding with horses fill in the missing pieces of a child's heart. This non-verbal learning aligns the lives of young people onto a path of success. Learning to take responsibility for another living creature helps young people develop the skills necessary to care for themselves and others selflessly.

"Children in foster care are three to six times more likely than children not in care to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems,including; conduct disorders, depression, difficulties in school and impaired social relationships."

FEEL

Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning
The purpose of this program is to provide academic tutoring, mentoring and equine assisted learning to children of the greater Metropolitan Denver area. This program began in January, 2009 and runs two days a week for different age groups: 7-12 years and 13-19 years. The goal of the program is to assist in identity development, increase coping skills and self efficacy and foster long lasting relationships with mentors and horses. Behaviors addressed include truancy, tantrums, disrespect toward peers and adults, improved academic performance, aggression and property destruction, as well as any concerns of the foster or biological parents, case managers or other service providers.

Wellness with Horses

This is a group experiential learning program for families and children currently experiencing transitions such as divorce, separation or death of a loved one.Traumatic  involvement in the foster care system, adoption related issues, and other difficult family transitions can also benefit from our Wellness with Horses.

Behavioral Consultation

The purpose of this program is to provide behavioral support to foster families and families in transition by increasing appropriate behaviors and decreasing inappropriate behaviors. This service is offered to families involved in the Equine Assisted Learning and Riding Program, Experiential Learning Program and Wellness with Horses. The goal of the program is to create an environment which better supports appropriate behaviors and decreases inappropriate behaviors by changing antecedents and consequences of various behaviors. In addition, children involved in this program who are not involved in other Zuma’s programs are able to work with the rescue horses, receive academic tutoring and mentoring.

Mentoring Program

Research has shown that having a positive adult role model in a child’s life is a resiliency factor for children who have had involvement in the foster care system. The mentoring program will match up a foster or adopted child with a mentor with whom they can build a positive long-term relationship.

Horse Rescue

We adopt, retrain, rehabilitate and eventually re-home horses that were headed to slaughter. We have some of the latest technologies to rehabilitate injured horses - making them ready for those new homes. Pulsed Signal Therapy (PST), Hydro Therapy, Bio-Pulse Magnetic Therapy, Chiropractic Care, and Acupuncture make the rehabilitation possible.

Contact Us for Appointments

dana@zumasrescueranch.com
+1.303.346.7493