{"id":322352,"date":"2025-10-21T23:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/322352\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:20:19","slug":"nemours-childrens-health-teams-up-with-local-school-to-provide-equine-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/322352\/","title":{"rendered":"Nemours Children\u2019s Health teams up with local school to provide equine therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 Nemours Children\u2019s Health in Jacksonville and the North Florida School of Special Education (NFSSE) have launched a new partnership to bring equine therapy to children receiving animal-assisted therapy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The collaboration will feature miniature horses from NFSSE\u2019s Delores Barr Weaver Therapeutic Equestrian Center visiting Nemours Children\u2019s regularly to provide equine-assisted activities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">These sessions are part of Nemours\u2019 Assisted Dog and Pony Therapy (ADAPT) program, which supports children with chronic medical conditions through animal-assisted therapy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In a news release, Nemours said the partnership ensures consistent access to trained therapy horses and handlers, which enhances both therapeutic continuity and safety for the children.<\/p>\n<p>Nemours Children\u2019s Health in Jacksonville and the North Florida School of Special Education (NFSSE) have launched a new partnership to bring equine therapy to children receiving animal-assisted therapy. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The partnership also offers opportunities for NFSSE students to engage with Nemours Children\u2019s services, promoting inclusive, community-based care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Supporting the program\u2019s expansion, the Rotary Club of East Arlington donated a specially designed miniature horse trailer to NFSSE. This trailer will transport therapy horses from the equestrian center to Nemours Children\u2019s, allowing the program to reach more children in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Nemours Children\u2019s Health in Jacksonville and the North Florida School of Special Education (NFSSE) have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":322353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,210,7310,134483,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-322352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-nemours-childrens-health","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115414723874087060","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}