Savannah Station Therapeutic Riding Program Inc
Hope and Healing with Horses
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Savannah Station offers Hope and Healing to people with cognitive and physical special needs through weekly therapeutic riding lessons. Our purpose is to assist our riders and their families in overcoming the challenges of cognitive and physical special needs to live their lives to the fullest possible measures.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Savannah Station TRP is a therapeutic riding program offering hope and healing to people with special needs. The program's focus is on people with diagnosed cognitive and physical special needs. Ages 4 through adulthood participate in weekly therapeutic riding classes at no cost to their families. Therapeutic riding uses equine-assisted activities and services to improve the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of people with a wide range of disabilities and medical conditions.
Savannah Station is the only therapeutic riding program in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan area. Participants come from across the metro area and North and Western Oklahoma.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
PATH Intl 2023
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients who self-report increased skills/knowledge after educational program/intervention
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Related Program
Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Savannah Station TRP continues to experience exponential growth. Doubling the number of participants served since 2020. All families reports improvements in their children.
Number of health outcomes improved
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Related Program
Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Related Program
Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Savannah Station depends on passionate volunteers to assist participants in their weekly therapeutic riding lessons. Each participant starts with a volunteer team of three.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Related Program
Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of customers reporting satisfaction with program
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Related Program
Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Savannah Station is a community of humans and horses, ministering fully to individuals and families; assisting them to overcome life’s limitations, to gain social and emotional confidence, and defy disabilities and challenges, while building families and friendships.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Savannah Station is a member center of the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl). As such, Savannah Station relies on the PATH Intl. standards and procedures as well as the policies and principles of Savannah Station. Safety is priority one in everything we do. In addition professionalism and excellence guide us.
The purpose of the Corporation is:
1. To provide equine therapy for individuals with emotional, mental, and/or physical challenges;
2. To challenge those with special needs to work on physical, cognitive, behavioral, and social
skills while riding and working with horses;
3. To develop and deliver demonstrable programs for educating and training those serving in the
field of equine therapy; and,
4. To create an environment of loving acceptance that is individually challenging yet fosters a
sense of belonging and enhances spiritual values.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Savannah Station has four Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructors. Each instructor has completed a rigorous certification process through PATH International, focused on proving safe and effective instruction resulting in participants achieving their highest levels of independence.
Currently, Savannah Station has three more Instructor's in Training working through the 12-16 month certification process.
Savannah Station depends on over 150 well-trained volunteers in order for the program to operate. Each participant starts their therapeutic riding lessons with a team of three volunteers. One to lead the horse and the other two to work on either side of the rider providing safety, support and encouragement.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.