Social Innovation & Inclusion
A movement for Dignity and Social Inclusion
Since 2010, Clube Hípico do Norte has been developing a social and inclusive program with a very significant reach, in which more than 2000 children, young people and adults have already been beneficiaries, in its different educational, social, therapeutic and inclusive initiatives. The team is made up of healthcare professionals, therapeutic riding technicians, assistants and highly qualified riding monitors. Furthermore, other therapists are part of the team, covering the areas of occupational therapy, psychomotricity, psychology, adapted sports and sports riding.
Valences of the Social Innovation and Inclusion Program
- Therapeutic Riding
- Hippotherapy
- Adapted Sports Riding
- Sport Riding
Action Areas
- Area of Intervention and Inclusion
- Educational and Social Area
Assumptions for the success of equine-assisted intervention:
- The ability to relate to animals is relatively independent of the ability to relate to humans;
- Animals have a submissive status that provides security even for someone who has low self-esteem and self-concept;
- The Horse's ability to communicate articulates and interacts with human feelings, actions and emotions;
- The motor, social and cognitive benefits in the relationship with the horse are transferred to the daily lives of practitioners.
Area of Intervention and inclusion
The Clube Hípico do Norte stands out for its active intervention in society, promoting inclusion through innovative therapeutic riding programs that transform lives and encourage integral development.
1. Intervene to change
Set of equine-assisted therapy programs for children and young people with disabilities or disabilities. It is divided into three subprograms with different objectives.
Rainbow
Target population
Population with neurodevelopmental disorders, i.e., autism spectrum, ADHD and sensory processing disorders.
Objective
Stimulation of social, behavioral and sensory skills.
Valencia
Therapeutic Riding
Five Senses
Target population
Population with Motor/Mental Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities or other pathologies with motor limitations.
Objective
Neuromotor rehabilitation, stimulation of motor skills, sensory integration and acquisition of adaptive responses.
Valencia
Hippotherapy
Empower
Target population
Population with multiple disabilities, namely sensory, cognitive, psychological and social.
Objective
Development of motor, social, cognitive and equestrian skills.
Valencia
Therapeutic Riding
2. Mental Health Program
Set of equine-assisted therapy programs for children, young people and adults diagnosed with mental illness. It is divided into four subprograms with different objectives.
2.1 MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION
Target population
Institutionalized adults diagnosed with a mental disorder.
Objective
Stimulation of cognitive, motor, behavioral, social and equestrian skills.
Valencia
Therapeutic Riding
2.2. ADAPTED SPORTS RIDING BAG
Target population and objective
Identification and selection of the most gifted individuals in the Mental Health Intervention Program, to integrate the Special Olympics training and competitive framework.
Valencia
Adapted Sports Riding
2.3 BALANCE IN MOTION
Background
Promotion of mental health in municipal public schools as a complementary measure proposed by EMAEI (Multidisciplinary Support Team for Inclusive Education).
Target population and objective
Intervention for children and young people referred by public schools to combat grief, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, self-esteem and self-concept problems.
Valencia
Sport Riding
2.4. Start over on horseback
Target population
Children and young people aged between 11 and 17 years, with severe mental illness, inserted in Integrated Continuing Mental Health Care Units for Children and Adolescents.
Objective
Integral part of a psychosocial and therapeutic rehabilitation project.
Valencia
Therapeutic Riding
3. Project integrate
"The “Integrar Project” aims to progressively include young people with disabilities or in situations of social vulnerability in the daily activities of the equestrian center, and develop opportunities for professional and personal integration.
3.1 Integrate project – institutional
Target population
Young people with disabilities / disabilities or social vulnerability between 15 and 35 years old.
Objectives
Prevention of social exclusion through an inclusion program in the performance of daily tasks at the equestrian center.
Raising community awareness about the professional integration of people with disabilities.
Valencia
Program structured in 7 specific domains.
3.2 Integrate project – Intervening in the family
Target population
Families of young people with disabilities / disabilities or social vulnerability.
Objectives
Intervention program, in after-work hours, that integrates the family as an active element in the development of skills for socio-professional integration. Raising community awareness about the professional integration of people with disabilities.
Valencia
Program structured in 4 specific domains.
4. Municipal Program
Program carried out in partnership with the Municipal Councils of Esposende and Barcelos that allows students from public schools in the municipalities, free access to a Therapeutic Riding program, carried out during school hours.
Target audience
Students with special health needs in the public network.
Objectives
Stimulate behavioral, social, motor, equestrian and cognitive skills that impact academic, personal and family life.
Valencia
Equine therapy
Therapeutic Riding
Educational and Social Area
The Clube Hípico do Norte promotes an innovative program of educational and social intervention through horse riding, using the horse as a mediator in the development of personal, social and emotional skills. This program offers a space where equestrian practice is integrated with educational and social objectives, allowing beneficiaries to overcome challenges, strengthen self-confidence and foster meaningful learning in a supportive and transformative environment.
There are two programs in force in the educational and social area:
5. Inclusive Riding in the Community
Inclusive Riding in the Community comprises two sub-programs for initiation into sports riding based on the contents of “Saddle 1” of the Portuguese Equestrian Federation.
5.1 Inclusive riding - Institutional
Target population
Children and young people with social vulnerability or at risk, institutionalized or included in local social sector entities.
Objectives
Combat the risk of social isolation.
Valencia
Sport Riding
5.2 New horizons – a shared path
Target population
Migrant children and young people identified by partner entities (municipalities, schools and reception units).
Objective
Combat the risk of social isolation.
Valencia
Sport Riding
6. Galloping to academic success
Program to combat failure and early school leaving that takes place through partnerships with school groups in the municipalities of Esposende and Barcelos.
Target population
Children and young people attending educational institutions in the municipalities of Esposende and Barcelos, between 6 and 20 years of age, at the 2nd CEB, 3rd CEB and Secondary Education levels.
Objectives
Development of personal, social and emotional skills, which can be transferred to the school environment.Development of personal, social and emotional skills, which can be transferred to the school environment.
Valencia
Sport Riding
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