Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center

Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center offers Adaptive Riding lessons that teach mounted horseback riding, equitation, and horsemanship skills for participants with a range of physical, developmental, cognitive, and behavioral challenges. The program also offers unmounted horsemanship activities, where participants work with horses on the ground to focus on character development, confidence, and life skills, with goals set together with the client. Giant Steps provides tailored experiences for community partners that can include riding, unmounted horsemanship, horse care, and other barn activities.

Programs

• Adaptive Riding — Children and adults (minimum age is four) · Lessons are once a week; four terms each year · Mounted horseback riding lessons teaching equitation and horsemanship skills; supports participants with disabilities across physical, developmental, cognitive, and behavioral challenges.
• Unmounted Activities (Unmounted Horsemanship) — Children and adults (minimum age is four) · Lessons are once a week; four terms each year · Unmounted lessons with horses that teach character development, confidence, and reinforce life skills, with goals set collaboratively with the client.
• Tailored Experiences for Community Partners — Children and adults (minimum age is four) · Customized half to full-day programs for community partners that may include riding, unmounted horsemanship, horse care, and other barn activities.

At a glance

• Ages: 4–18 years old
• General schedule: Four terms each year; lessons are once a week with tuition paid at the start of each term based on the number of weeks.

About the provider

• New Client Enrollment & Participant Assessment — Children and adults (minimum age is four)
• Scholarship Support — Children and adults (minimum age is four) · Scholarships available on a case-by-case, session-by-session basis for participants who qualify.

What families say

“Since beginning at Giant Steps, her therapy hours per week reduced from nine hours to three, and her behavior at home is so much better that I can care for her by myself instead of regularly needing an assistant. She’s much happier–she has been getting repeat invites for playdates and we even had a successful slumber party! That’s a first! And such a normal activity for an 11-year-old girl!” — Mother of rider living with reactive attachment disorder, age 11

Last updated August 18, 2026.