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Saturday, August 2, 2025
Arkansas Tech Rothwell Hall, 106 W O St, Russellville, AR 72801
7:30 - 8:00 am - Venue Opens for Check In
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Vendor and Tack Sale Open on the 3rd Floor
10:00 am - 2:00 pm OBI Blood Drive to benefit the PATH Intl Disaster Relief Fund
Arkansas Tech Rothwell Hall, 106 W O St, Russellville, AR 72801
7:30 - 8:00 am - Venue Opens for Check In
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Vendor and Tack Sale Open on the 3rd Floor
10:00 am - 2:00 pm OBI Blood Drive to benefit the PATH Intl Disaster Relief Fund
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
This presentation will provide an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), including its definition, diagnostic criteria, common characteristics, and interventions. Additionally, we will explore the benefits of Equine-Assisted Services (EAS) and important precautions, contraindications, and best practices for therapeutic/adaptive riding instructors.
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Explore the foundations of holistic equine nutrition and how diet directly impacts a horse’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being. This session will cover whole food approaches, common nutrient imbalances, gut health support, and natural ways to enhance performance and quality of life—especially for therapy horses. Ideal for anyone looking to create a more balanced, individualized feeding plan.
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We've all organized fund raising auctions, dinners, and galas. A tremendous amount of work and, often times, an enormous amount of expense goes into their execution. Well that started the wheels in motion...pun intended...and the Buffalo Run Adventure Challenge was born! It has rewired the way we approach fund raising events and helped us to understand the importance of putting our mission ahead of all else and making that our primary sales tool!
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9:10 am - 10:10 am
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Share best practices and lessons learned on effective communications with peers, staff, board, volunteers, and others. Touch on in person, phone, text, email, chat, group distributions, and broadcast messaging. Will also discuss the magic of influencing - how to get folks to think it was their idea!
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The effectiveness of a realistic, mechanical, horse-riding motion simulator was investigated for reducing fall risk among the aging population. The MiraColt (www.chariotinnovations.com) is a medical-grade device facilitating indoor, convenient access to realistic, natural horse-riding motion. It can improve accommodation and safety, reduce cost and needed human-power, and increase opportunity for more frequent dosage. The encouraging results of this study should be of interest to those treating elderly clients for balance and gait challenges.
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Integrating and expanding competition programs offers many benefits for both Therapeutic Riding Centers and the participants of their programs. Competitive models provide a framework for long term goal-based growth, an expanded opportunity for functional gains, and increased motivation. For centers, competition offers new ways to engage with your community and increase awareness of your programs.
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10:20 am – 11:20 am
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Blood Drive Open 3rd Floor
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Blood Drive Open 3rd Floor
This presentation will provide an overview of Cerebral Palsy, including its definition, diagnosis, and types. It will also address common characteristics, as well as important precautions and contraindications, with a focus on considerations for mounted Equine-Assisted Services (EAS) activities.
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Learn about the new updates to education in the PATH Intl. Advanced Riding Instructor Workshop rolling out in 2025. There are many benefits to becoming an advanced level instructor. This presentation will highlight the steps to becoming an advanced instructor as well as explain benefits of higher level certification.
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This presentation will provide participants with tools and strategies to help develop their non-profit board to be the best that it can be. Topics addressed in the session will include board engagement, recruitment, and board evaluation.
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11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Blood Drive Open 3rd Floor
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Blood Drive Open 3rd Floor
Look for tables with your State Flag, or join another state to learn about what is happening around Region 8.
12:50 pm - 1:50 pm
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Blood Drive Open 3rd Floor
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Blood Drive Open 3rd Floor
This presentation will discuss completing efficient notes and documentation for clients in our industry, covering different template types, correct terminology and why good documentation and notes are so important to your lesson, treatment and participants success.
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Struggling to figure out what to include in your CTRI Video Submission? This presentation will offer helpful hints and an overview of a successful submission video. Participants will have an opportunity to review score sheets and comments as well as ask questions about faculty assessment. Mentors and CTRI candidates can gain pointers for a successful video submission from a PATH Intl. Instructor Training Course Faculty.
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There are a lot of similarities in tools and techniques between Therapeutic/Adaptive Riding and Hippotherapy, and even between different therapy disciplines, but the goals being targeted may vary. We will define TR and Hippotherapy and discuss principles of each. We will demonstrate how these disciplines may use the same activity, but be addressing different goals. There can be reinforcement of skills across disciplines, but we will also discuss examples and situations when a referral to a professional therapist is warranted.
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2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Understanding the motivation behind a behavior is invaluable to those who work with individuals with Autism. Maladaptive Behaviors expressed can range from delay to respond to instructions, or latency, to extreme vocal and/or physical outbursts from clients . Varied and often misunderstood, All behavior has a common denominator, Motivation. Maladapted behaviors or Accepted behaviors have a desired outcome for the individual who is performing the behavior. We all have motivation for every behavior we perform on the daily.
In this session, we will explore behavior, its motivational outcome, and how alternative behaviors can be developed for success in a positive and supportive environment of an EAS Lesson.
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A round table discussion of horse care best practices on hoof, joint, skin/wound care and equine mental health. Becke Williams CTRI, Arkansas PATH Intl Ambassador, will be the moderator. Panelist are Chris Watson from Savannah Station, OKLA; Laura Decou from Equest, TX; Malinda Smith from Sunrise Riders, AR; Pete Lucero from 7 Star Horse Therapy, TX
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As a nonprofit, how did you choose the tools you are using? Do you have a technology plan in place for your short-term and long-term needs, and if not, do you know how to craft one? Understanding or clarifying your business processes is the first step to a solid technology plan. The tools you use should support your business processes, not dictate them. Whether you’re looking for new tools or wanting to understand how to better use what you have, this session is for you! You will leave this session with a planning sheet and the understanding to continue developing a robust technology plan.
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3:10 pm – 4:10 pm
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
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Continuation of session that began at 2:00 pm
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Often horse management can overlook the value of pastures as both a space for exercise and a supplemental feed source. Developing a pasture plan for horses requires an appreciation for the plants under their feet, goal-setting, and planning to match the pasture to the equine. Pasture stewardship is crucial as the public become increasingly disconnected from rural spaces and less favorable to traditional recreational and therapeutic use of horses.
This presentation will describe how horse pastures can be managed to better support working horses in Arkansas and the southeastern U.S.A.
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Living the Dream: Opening a New PATH Intl Facility is a presentation which identifies the challenges, hopes, dreams and hurdles of opening a brand new PATH Center. It contains information on how to get ready individually as a PATH Center owner/instructor and the education requirements needed as well as obstacles that can be faced along the way.
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4:20 pm - 5:20 pm
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
Vendor and Tack Sale Open 3rd Floor
This presentation has two purposes: (a) to correct the general misperception that speech-language pathology addresses only stuttering and lisps; (b) to help participants understand the value of incorporating horses in speech-language pathology services for clients with cognitive-linguistic and swallowing barriers.
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This presentation will provide the attendees an overview in detail of how to rehabilitate a horse that has been donated, rescued or that has gone through an illness, that is in need of refeeding and rehabilitation based on the presenters years of equine management, guidance from veterinarians, and guidelines for refeeding using published research from UC Davis and journaled articles.
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The insurance landscape for Equestrian Assisted Services (EAS) operations is constantly evolving, with rising premiums, new exclusions, and increasing complexities. This session will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the EAS insurance marketplace, the key coverages available, and critical factors to consider when evaluating existing policies and insurance agents.
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5:20 pm - 6:00 pm Last Chance to shop the Vendor and Tack Sale
6:00 pm Dinner is on you own. discoverrussellville.org/dining/ Enjoy your evening in Russellville.