We Can Ride offers Winter Enrichment Classes for volunteers and the public

Below you will find a listing of the winter enrichment classes offered by We Can Ride. These classes are free for any current, active We Can Ride volunteers and parents. The classes are $20.00 for anyone else who would like to attend. The $20.00 will cover all parts of which ever class is being attended. Class size is limited so please call or email the office to sign up. 952-934-0057 / volunteers@wecanride.org . The winter conditioning classes at Minnetonka are only open to current, active We Can Ride volunteers.

Class Name	Description	Date and Time	Location
Disabilities 101	This is a three part course which offers an overview of the diagnoses and disabilities we work with at We Can Ride.	February 4, 11, 18 2010 All classes at 6:30 pm	Minnetonka Administration Building
Horse 101	This class is designed for people who are new to horses or who want a refresher on horse basics. It offers an overview of horse behavior, grooming, and general horse information.	December 7 and 14 2009 All classes begin at 6:00 pm	Minnetonka Barn
Why Pick That Horse	This is a class that covers horse confirmation and how it relates to their movement and how that plays into how instructors choose horses for specific clients in therapeutic classes.	February 1 and 8 2010 All classes begin at 6:00 pm	Minnetonka Barn
Sidewalking in a Therapy Class	This class will offer a chance to practice and feel some of the different holds that instructors and therapists have volunteers use in a therapy class for different riders and situations.	December 9, 2009 6:00 pm	Minnetonka Barn
Leading a Therapy Horse	This is a class designed for volunteers who would like to further develop their horse leading skills for therapeutic riding and hippotherapy classes.	February 17, 2010 6:00 pm	Minnetonka Barn
Developmental Sequence	This is a class designed to introduce the natural human developmental sequence. It provides excellent insight to our clients at We Can Ride and helps volunteers to better understand where the clients they work with are at developmentally so we can best provide what they need in classes.	February 9, 2010 6:30 pm	University of Minnesota
Tack and Tack Fitting	This class provides a chance to learn what the different types of tack we use at We Can Ride is called and how it fits on the horse.	January 18 and 25 2010 All classes begin at 6:00 pm	Minnetonka Barn
Winter Conditioning	This is a continuing conditioning for the horses at the Minnetonka Barn to get them ready to go for spring classes. This is primarily ground work exercises.	Tuesday's and Thursday's January 5^th through February 25^th 2010 All classes begin at 6:00 pm	Minnetonka Barn
Barn Aid Training	This class is designed for volunteers who are interested in taking a more active volunteering role on class night. It will cover the duties of the barn aids, and basic information for the volunteer position. Having taken the Horse 101 and Tack and Tack fitting classes are very helpful to this class	February 22^nd 2010 6:00 pm Please contact Stephanie at barnmanager@wecanride.orgto sign up for this class.	Minnetonka Barn
TA Training	This is a multi part course designed for volunteers who want to become NARHA instructors or Teaching Assistants in the We Can Ride classes. Attendance at all parts is required to complete the training.	November 19, December 3, December 10, January 7 and 14 6:30 pm Please contact Stephanie at barnmanager@wecanride.orgto sign up for these classes	Minnetonka Administration Building and Minnetonka Barn
Autism	This is a new class we are offering this year. An outside individual is slated to come in and provide an in-service to our We Can Ride instructors. We have decided to invite volunteers to attend this event as well. We are asking a $10.00 donation from each volunteer wishing to attend this class.	Final Date is TBD. Check the December issue of Joy Riding for further date and time details.