Beyond Boundaries is a non-profit therapy center that utilizes horses as a therapy tool to increase specific motor, sensory, speech, and behavior/social responses. It is a place where individuals with disabilities and their families can create strong animal and human bonds and experience overwhelming therapy success. We are more than a unique therapy environment. Our staff and volunteers are focused on community education, building self confidence and supplying necessary tools for independence that are specific to each client and their family needs.
We currently have 12 nationally registered hippotherapists (physical, occupational and speech therapist) that practice at Beyond Boundaries. Our therapeutic riding coordinator holds an Advanced Instructor Training Level and there are only two in Arkansas.
We were founded in 2003, but gained our non-profit status in 2004. We were founded to provide specialized "hippotherapy" to children in need. We also offer Therapeutic Riding which teaches a child with a disability how to ride a horse independently with modifications under the direction of a Therapeutic Riding Instructor. Hippotherapy is a specific type of therapy that utilizes the horse as a tool under the supervision of a Certified Physical, Occupational or Speech Hippotherapist with a Therapeutic Riding Instructor. They are using the horse to make improvements with the child, not just teaching them a skill. We are pursuing efforts to become a Nationally Recognized Research Center for Hippotherapy services.
Aside from Beyond Boundaries hippotherapy and therapeutic riding opportunities for children & adults with disabilities, we are also moving toward more great things! For instance, one of the goals for Beyond Boundaries is to become a teaching & learning facility for therapists. Through our partnership with Allied Therapy, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, & University of Central Arkansas we are currently 1 of only 5 accredited fellowship locations in the nation for pediatric physical therapy. Also, Beyond Boundaries also has two published research articles in peer review medical journals.