Systems-Impacted Clients Program
(For Systems-impacted children, youth and families)
Brady Therapeutic Riding is proud to partner with SF CASA (San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocate Program) and Jewish Family Services to provide personalized equine therapy to systems-impacted children, youth and families in a compassionate and safe setting filled with hope.
At Brady, our staff and our horses deliver supportive, individualized sessions to these clients and their families. Activities incorporate general horsemanship skills, including grooming, leading, herd observation as well as informal emotional support and counseling.
Brady is a safe place and a supportive community for these families to spend supervised time together while being integrated into the wider community. Often Systems-Impacted Youth also have developmental or physical disabilities, and Brady is well prepared to help address those issues through their depth of experience and success in programs for individuals with special needs. High School volunteers also work alongside the SF CASA youth-aged clients, providing opportunities to interact with other teenagers in our program and to form lasting friendships.
Brady offers the following unique learning opportunities for these youth and families:
Relationship Skills: Develop healthy boundaries, Strengthen and build Trust, Respect, and Honesty, Effective communication
Emotional Skills: Self-Awareness, Resilience and Perseverance, Mindfulness practices, Safety and Healing from Trauma, Rewiring the fight or flight response to foster healthier future relationships, Stress-management skills
Leadership Skills: Responsibility, Teamwork
Cognitive Skills: Critical thinking and creative problem solving
Brady Riding builds connections both with horses and humans, which may act as the stimulus for change.
