The effectiveness of hippotherapy for children with language-learning disabilities.

This application of mind examined the effectiveness of hippotherapy versus traditional therapy for children with language-learning disabilities. Three male childs ages 9, 10, and 12 years, and their parents independently complet a satisfaction questionnaire at the extremity of traditional therapy (T1) and again at the extreme point of hippotherapy (T2). A comparison of the answers from T1 and T2 indicated that the one and the other the parents and the children reported improvement in articulate utterance and language abilities after one as well as the other therapies. Overall, responses were noticeably higher following hippotherapy, with additional benefits of