Within EAL, there are three specialty areas: Personal Development, Education, and Organizations. Each of these specialty areas apply to distinct populations and services.
Education is a specialty focused on working within school systems and with students, teachers, and administrators to develop academic and life skills.
The Organizations specialty focuses on leadership skill development and team building.
Personal Development is the broadest area of EAL. It can include almost any population and targets general life skills to meet individual goals.
Each area requires specialized training. For example, to provide services to organizations, it is essential to understand organizational change, career development and basic leadership theory. This specialized training helps to keep the facilitator within the scope of their work.
HorseWork has designed specialty training programs for each area. These courses are approved to satisfy the requirements for the PATH International Equine Assisted Learning credential.
- 30 hours of online course work and hands-on exercises
- Courses meet the competency criteria required by PATH Intl as an approved microcredential
- 10 hours of documented practicum hours
You can take them as a stand-alone course OR as part of the HorseWork Facilitator training program. These micro-credentials are advanced training programs focused on a single specialty area and the additional competencies needed to serve the populations listed above.
We are proud to offer these micro-credential trainings as online courses and in-person during the summer months. We also have self-paced online courses for Education and Personal Development available in our bookstore. The online course for Organizations is coming soon!