Topic: Supporting Positive Identity Development with EAS
Description:Â Â This presentation will look at the trauma individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities may experience and how it may impact their sense of self and challenge their ability to connect, communicate and engage in cooperative relationships. We will use Dr. Karyn Harvey’s concept of positive identity development as a framework for creating safe, inclusive and empowering experiences for EAS participants. Learning objectives: explain what identity is and how it develops, understand how identity impacts behaviour, understand how identity can change through supportive interactions, identify why positive identity development is relevant to EAS, and identify ways to support positive identity development through EAS.
Bio: Betsy Kahl
PATH Intl Advanced Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor
Train Your Seat Rider Biomechanics 4* Trainer
Franklin Method® Equestrian Trainer
Franklin Method® Equestrian Ball and Band Certified
ATHENA/Horse Boy Method Trainer
Betsy has been teaching riding and adaptive riding since 2007, delivering programs in New Hampshire, Ohio, Texas, and Oregon.
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Betsy values harmonious relationships between horses and humans based on trust, relaxation, joy, and choice. She studies and teaches classical dressage and believes that working in hand is the key to developing a positive working relationship with your horse while unlocking their joy of movement.
Betsy combines her work-in-hand knowledge with her knowledge as a Train Your Seat Rider Biomechanics 4* Trainer and Franklin Method® Equestrian Trainer. She can help riders develop a uniquely balanced, adaptive, and responsive riding position that both they and their horse can enjoy.