Similarities and Differences of Equine Assisted Speech Therapy and Traditional Speech Therapy –A Retrospective Study

Authors

Anna Schulz, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Kristy Weissling, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Josie Zimmel, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Date of this Version

2020

Document Type

Poster

Citation

Poster for UCARE Research Symposium, Spring 2020

Comments

Copyright 2020 Anna Schulz, Kristy Weissling, & Josie Zimmel

Abstract

Equine assisted speech therapy (EAST) utilizes horses for therapy while speech-language pathologists conduct the sessions (Thrall and Moser, 2015). Few studies show the effects EAST has on clients’ speech, communication, & language. This research study aims to identify strategies, progress, & objectives of EAST & traditional speech therapy (TST) to determine the similarities & differences of the therapies.