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Traumatic Brain Injury and Therapeutic Riding
Anita Shkedi. This enlightening book helps readers understand how therapeutic riding provides an effective form of therapy for people with post-traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and offers a more in depth understanding of TBI, the brain and its plasticity, and the complexities of TBI. It explains how the unique properties of the horse are instrumental in the recovery of psychologically and physically impaired riders. Both personal accounts and case studies are included, providing greater insight into therapeutic riding sessions. Teaching notes concurrent with the content are included.
In 1985 Anita Shkedi founded Therapeutic Riding in Israel. She has an M.Ed., a postgraduate diploma in Health Visiting, British State Registered Nurse diploma, and Instructor of Therapeutic Riding certificate. Ms Shkedi is the founding director of INTRA-Israel National Therapeutic Riding Association, as well as the director of the TR training program at Ariel University. She is currently involved in researching PTSD and ADHD and is pursuing her doctorate at Derby University in the UK. She is a PATH International member who founded therapeutic riding in Israel and has been an invited presenter at PATH Intl. conferences.
