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Wyoming Advanced Horsemanship:
This course is designed for intermediate and advanced riders who want to expand their riding skills while experiencing the adventure of the Wild West. Equestrian instruction includes bareback riding and trail equitation activities such as crossing obstacles, turning on forehand/haunches, and opening/closing gates.
Western skills will also be a major focus of this course including: barrel racing, pole bending, team penning, and roping skills. Once students harness these skills, the grand finale will be participation in the Dubois Rodeo as a contestant in the barrel racing or Guest Ranch calf roping events. And, of course, you will also have time to enjoy a few incredible trail rides in and around Warm Springs Canyon.
Call early if you are interested in this course as participation is limited.
Quick Facts:
Dates:
6/19/08 - 6/28/08
Students: 8
Days: 10
Tuition:$2,800
Ages:14 - 18
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Philosophy: SOAR believes all individuals identified with learning disabilities (LD) and attention deficit disorder (AD/HD) possess inherent talents and gifts. These abilities can mean incredible success in adulthood once these students negotiate the challenging obstacles of childhood, adolescence, and a traditional education system, usually unable to respond to individual learning styles.
Therefore, the SOAR model is based on two fundamental principles. First, youth with LD and AD/HD flourish when they are encouraged to focus on their strengths in an experiential setting. The second principle acknowledges that success can be generalized by encouraging our students to develop and utilize strategies, enabling them to compensate for those challenging characteristics of LD and AD/HD. To this end, SOAR staff strive to ensure success for each student across a wide range of experiences. Such success, in turn, builds essential self-esteem and self-confidence.
Based on these two foundations, SOAR participants develop problem solving skills, effective communication strategies, increased self-awareness, and social skills. Program activities include a broad base of wilderness adventure experiences that empower students to make healthy choices, learn more about themselves, overcome challenges, and establish relevance from these experiences to other aspects of their life.
SOAR's Specialty Courses are open to SOAR alumni and students with the maturity and experience level to be successful on the course. Acceptance is conditional on the approval of the course director. Most specialty courses are led by one of SOAR's year-round staff including Jonathan Jones, John Willson and Jon Terry.
SOAR’s programs are designed to allow students the opportunity to increase their independence while away from home. Independence is gained through self-motivation and life skills instruction. With this in mind, we involve our students in many decision making processes, such as setting individual goals, developing group guidelines, as well as trip and meal planning. This also comes into consideration when developing SOAR’s communication policy, detailed in our Parent Handbook.
SOAR is dedicated to serving the needs of individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and attention deficit disorder (AD/HD) and is proud to be the finest: