"The Healing Ability of the Horse" - Carol Petitto, Executive Director and Founder of On Eagles' Wings Therapeutic Horsemanship Center, How One Woman's Passion Became a Saving Grace

On Eagles' Wings Therapeutic Horsemanship Center is known as a solitude and saving grace to many of the children and adults who enter. The programming provides an environment for those with disabilities to engage with horses (and other animals!) through equine assisted activities and therapies. Participants include those with cognitive, physical, emotional, and social disabilities and challenges. Executive Director and Founder, Carol Petitto, shares the history of On Eagles' Wings, how her passion became a service for others, why her Center is unique, and the science behind the powerful influence of the horse. 

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Sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health/Children with Special Health Care Needs Program and the West Virginia Family 2 Family Health Information Center and Produced by the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities.

 

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