Equine-assisted therapy centers that serve the public sector need to document all their work. The warning comes from psychopedagogue and equine-assisted therapy specialist Eliana Baatsch, who spoke about public policies during her lecture at Reatech 2024. “We must be clear that free public care involves the technique of equine-assisted therapy, but also policy.”.
Eliana, who coordinates municipal equine therapy centers in the greater São Paulo area, recalled that these institutions who work with free services in partnerships, agreements, and the provision of services on a federal, state, and municipal scale—that is, in public services—face difficulties due to a lack of understanding from families who want lifelong and perennial care from public assistance.
“There will be problems when the patient is discharged, as the family wants to continue the treatment. A problem may also arise when a contraindication for equine-assisted therapy is identified,” stated Eliana. In this case, the professional suggests planning ground-based care. “Equine-assisted therapy does not just mean riding a horse. It is possible to do differentiated work.”
Another warning from the psychoeducational specialist is when families do not accept the discontinuation of treatment and resort to the legal system. “In every equine-assisted therapy service, there are contracts, rules, evaluations, and technical re-evaluations that are essential for eligibility for care. This is also because, in order to admit the practitioner—the user—into the service, a health certificate is required from the physician who treats the person with a disability regarding health issues, along with technical evaluations from the multidisciplinary team to verify the indication or contraindication of equine-assisted therapy,” Eliana recalls.
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