Attention in Action: ADHD Support Through Equine Learning
A morning at the arena On a windy Saturday, I watched an eight-year-old named Max walk a shaggy bay horse called Cricket with a puzzle of cones. Max had gotten here humming, words racing, tennis shoes tapping. Cricket took a breath like a metronome. After 10 minutes of pet grooming, the touching slowed. Max and Cricket triggered, one action, then another, circling around a blue cone, stopping at a red one. Max counted the horse's footfalls, then his very own. By the end,