Melissa Yarbrough, BCBA
Help develop a partnership with your horse
Melissa Yarbrough has been partnering with horses since she was five years old and her passion for horses has grown since then. Having grown up with racing thoroughbreds and showing on the hunter/jumper circuit in Chicago, Melissa successfully competed with her horse Berb's Bay. Melissa has also been driving horses since 1992. Melissa is a PATH International Certified Therapeutic Horsemanship Instructor, PATH International Certified Level 3 Driving Instructor and Associate Driving Evaluator. Melissa was the PATH International Region 5 Certified Professional of the Year in 2017. Melissa is a member of the PATH International Equine Welfare Committee and a Region 5 Ambassador. After finally starting her own program in 2016, Melissa has partnered with The HERD Institute® to become an EFL 2 Facilitator. Outside of working, Melissa enjoys spending time riding and driving her horse along with her teenage daughter Scout.
PROGRAMS OFFERED
EQUINE FACILIATED LEARNING IN PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Partner with horses
Equine-Facilitated Learning is an experiential learning approach that promotes the development of life skills for educational, professional, and personal goals through equine-assisted activities.
This experiential approach integrates horse-human interaction that is guided by a planned learning experience to meet the identified goals or desires of the participant(s).
Simply put, EFL is where we take individuals who want to help improve their life skills out to work with the horses. Through working with horses and through this process of building relationships and connections they can better learn how they relate to themselves, each other, and their environment. EFL sessions are available for individuals, families and groups.
CARRIAGE DRIVING
Learn to drive or teach your own horse to drive
Carriage driving is a challenging equine activity that is available to individuals who may not want to or are unable to ride. Carriage driving is an opportunity to create a working relationship and dialogue with a horse. Carriage driving provides a recreational and sporting experience with a horse as well as a mental challenge similar to that of riding. Driving yields the challenge of working in harmony with a horse and learning an equine skill step by step. The benefits of carriage driving include improvements in balance, posture, coordination and emotional well-being.
Available for driving lessons with my horse and carriage. Also available if you are in need of a coach to come to you to assist with teaching your horse to drive or expand your skill level (45 minute drive from Palm Harbor, FL)
Coach for Adaptive Riding or Carriage Driving Instructors and Consultant for Starting an Adaptive Carriage Driving Program
Giving back to the next generation
Are you interested in becoming a PATH International Certified Therapeutic Riding or Driving Instructor? Offering Coaching services to assist with getting you ready to be certified. Also offering consultation for starting an Adaptive Carriage Driving Program at your center. Contact me below if you are interested in a consultation.
727 -946-3441
Lessons at: 3415 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs, FL
Available by appointment only
If it is in your blood to love horses, you share your life with them. Our horses know our secrets; we braid our tears into their manes and whisper our hopes in their ears. We celebrate our companions with praise worthy of heroes.
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