Equine Facilitated Education & Therapy Association (Ireland) Annual Conference 2015

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Equine Facilitated Education & Therapy Association (Ireland) Annual Conference 2015

We are delighted to tell you about our upcoming conference on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September ’15 – aptly entitled “EFETA – Moving Forward”.

As you will see from our schedule of highly regarded and well known line up of international presenters, practitioners and researchers – not to speak of the horses who will be part of the demonstrations and interactive work on both afternoons, the 2 days promise to be informative, current and highly relevant to all those involved or interested in learning about equine facilitated programmes.

Speakers include:

• Virginie McCarthy, Clinical Psychologist, Reg. Psychol., Ps.S.I – The Neurophysiology of Attachment Theory and its Application to Equine Facilitated Work
• Professor Ann O’Shallie, Wilson College, USA & Former President of the Federation of Horses in Education and Therapy International (HETI) – Overview of 4 Year Degree Programme in Therapeutic Riding.
• Dr. Martine Hausberger, Director of Research University of Rennes, France – An Ethological and Research Perspective on Equine Welfare.
• Sun Tui, CEO, Faculty International Foundation Equine Facilitated Learning (IFEAL) – Third Level Education for Equine Facilitated Learning Facilitators.
• Tina Symington, Principal of the Donkey Sanctuary, Belfast, N. Ireland – Integration of Rescued Donkeys into the Therapeutic Riding Team.
• Clare Misson, Founder of Equine Assisted Practitioners Network (EAPN), U.K. – Developing an Effective Equine Facilitators Networking Forum.
• Professor Ann O’Shallie, Wilson College, USA & Former President of the Federation of Horses in Education and Therapy International (HETI) – An International Perspective of the World of Equine Facilitated Programmes.
• Roisin Brennan, Msc Social Science – Research of Therapeutic Riding
• Dr. Martine Hausberger, Director of Research University of Rennes, France – Relationship Between Equines and Humans: A Research Perspective
• Clodagh Carey, BHS II & Manager of Festina Lente Equestrian Center – Comparative Study Between Bitless and Bitted Bridles with the Therapeutic Riding Horse.

Visit the web site www.efeta.ie for registration details.