Elena Cataldi Fleming, President of the Foundation, recounts the benefits generated by this method of rehabilitation in children.
How did the project for the assembly of the Foundation come about?
My history with horses has always been going on, I come from a country family in the province of Salta, who knew how to transmit that love and respect for them to me, so from a very young age it was my great passion. They were my means of transportation in adolescence, my work tool when I was older and worked in the fields, but I had to discover their therapeutic side when my youngest son, Francisco, was born.
Shortly after “Panchi” was born, he had a respiratory arrest that left him with severe neurological sequelae, so we began the path of therapies and it was there, at the FLENI Institute, that they recommended that I make him ride a horse to stimulate the different areas of their development and take advantage of the enormous amount of benefits generated by riding and being in contact with these animals.
Panchi’s prognosis was not good, but he managed to reverse it, and equine therapy had everything to do with it, according to his doctors.
So it was that I began to train myself in this method, and the results obtained were so surprising that it did not take long for the idea of creating a Foundation to arrive, so that more children who needed the benefits of this therapy could do so. Equine therapy of the Blue`.
What services does Equine Therapy provide?
I set as one of my objectives, to make this beautiful activity more visible, known and professionalized, which changed the life of my son, and therefore my whole family.
In Equine Therapy we work in an interdisciplinary way, with health, education and equestrian professionals, and there are many benefits that are achieved from the different areas of development, motor, social, sensory, emotional and language among others. . In addition of course to the recreational and sports in the cases that can be carried out.
In Argentina it has been used formally since 1978, however it is still not regulated and ordered at the national level, unlike other countries that have already been able to do so.
Together with several Centers from all over the country, we created the Argentine Equine Therapy Network, currently made up of more than 200 locations, which we come together to work and exchange knowledge and push for the necessary National Equine Therapy Law to be achieved.
What challenges does the Foundation have?
Our goal is that the activity is carried out in an increasingly orderly manner, and that all those who need to improve their quality of life with this effective method can access it, because they need it, and above all because they deserve it.
As our motto says, `The comprehensive rehabilitation of a child can also take place in a framework of joy, freedom and an encounter with nature`.
Contact information:
Cell: 0387 4074949
Instagram: Equine Therapy of the Blue
Facebook: Blue Equine Therapy Foundation
Web: equinoterapiaazul.com.ar
by CEDOC