WELCOME

  to the

  Pennsylvania Council on Therapeutic Horsemanship Website!

  THE PACTH MISSION

To create awareness of the benefits horses can provide children and adults who have disabilities and to encourage the development of services for programs offering all types of equine assisted activities through education, research and application.

Mary Fignar and PQInstructor Carolyn Brennan

Mary won her favorite colored ribbon at her first horse show!

In July, Ann O'Shallie went to Greece to attend the Horses in Education and Therapy International (HETI) Board of Directors face-to-face meeting.  The HETI Board met in Athens to review the venue for the International Congress to be held in Athens in April, 2012.  While in Greece, Ann and Gisela Rhodes, a PACTH member and Trainer for Interactive Vaulting were invited by the Hellenic Association for Therapeutic Riding (ELETHIP), to present the Phase I curriculum to a group of professionals (PTs, OTs, Speech Pathologists, Psychologists, and FEI riding Instructors).  To view pictures, click on the links below the photos.  For more information about the International Congress, go to the HETI website (www.hetifederation.org).

To view the photos taken during the Board meeting (view from apartment balcony, old Athens, view from the hotel conference center, underground subway dig, etc., please go to the PACTH facebook site:  http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.268102159870193.82272.266075266739549&saved#!/media/set/?set=a.268102159870193.82272.266075266739549&saved&closeTheater=1

To view the photos taken during the Phase I presentation (Olympic Equestrian Centre, Interactive Vaulting, etc.), please go to the PACTH facebook site:  http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.268112493202493.82275.266075266739549&saved#!/pages/Pacth/266075266739549?sk=wall

The PACTH membership year runs from January 1-December 31st.  Current members should have received an updated membership application via e-mail.  If you did not receive an application or you are interested in becoming a PACTH member, please click on the link below for the 2011 Membership application.

2012 Individual Membership Form

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

• February 19, 2012 - PACTH Board of Directors Meeting, State College, PA
• March 23 - 25, 2012 -

  PATH Region 2 Conference, Maryland
• April 1, 2012 - PACTH Board of Directors Meeting, SKYPE
• April 14, 2012 - PACTH Annual Conference and Meeting
• April 24 - 27, 2012 - International Congress, Athens, Greece
• May 12 - 16, 2012 - PACTH Instructor Training, Phase I
• June 16, 2012 - PACTH Board of Directors Meeting
• September 23, 2012 - PACTH Board of Directors Meeting
• October 6 - 9, 2012 - PACTH Instructor Training, Phase II