Riding for wellbeing
RTRU PhD candidate, Rachelle Martin, attended the New Zealand Riding for the Disabled (NZRDA) national training days (27-28 May 2017) to provide preliminary feedback for her research evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic horse riding to NZRDA board members, riding coaches and RDA group managers. The programme of study has included three phases of research: two qualitative studies exploring the context and potential mechanisms of effect by which therapeutic horse riding impacts on the health and wellbeing of children with disabilities, and a single-case experimental design study measuring to what extent, and in whom, these effects can be demonstrated. Rachelle is in the final stages of data collection and aims to submit her thesis in January 2018.
