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Our Program
JUAN DIEZ RANCHEROS is a Non-Profit Program offering opportunities for potional breakthroughs for kids and young adults that have been abused or traumatized emotionally. Sessions are structured with the use of rescued horses, and are free of charge to those already receiving counseling due to their situations. The unique qualities of the horse allow kids to get more in touch with those tender areas in their emotions, without the guarded walls they sometimes hide behind when talking with people. To read MORE... on this program description please visit our front page article in the QC Times.
Horses don't lie, deceive, or take advantage, and kids relate to the rescue horses and the suffering they have faced. The questions asked during the sessions have the ability to bring up new discoveries in their healing process, and their current counseling professionals and mentors can help expand on these new discoveries and apply them to their lives. The horses have the unique ability to mirror what is going on inside of the participant during the activities, and the privacy of the sessions allow for them to consider what the horse's behavior indicates about their beliefs and responses to situations. The participants learn the value of trust and responsibility for themselves and for others as the horses respond immediately to the shifts in the participant's approach or beliefs during the sessions.
A very special thanks to Ashlyn Schmidt
ASHLYN SCHMIDT of Bettendorf asked her friends to come to her birthday party, but instead of having them bring gifts for her, she asked them to bring gifts for the horses in our program! What an amazing idea for a 5 year old girl! She came to the ranch to personally deliver the gifts and spent the afternoon visiting with her new friends, the Horses!
