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| " I feel like I just took a smart vacation!" -Professional Development Intensive Course Participant "She gets it when with the animals. I can tell her until I'm blue in the face and here she gets to feel it in action. It helps her get it, I really like it, this makes sense."
They have an amazing teaching style. Their excitement and experiences are an inspiration...the most amazing instructors, very laid back and entertaining. Brought in humor and emotion, very inspirational!"
- Dave, Organization development team participant
"Most fun class ever" "This was fantastic" - 4-day intensive course participant "Both Kevin & Kelly were extremely effective! Masters at what they do."
-Larry, Business development participant "An amazing week of learning and awakening" - Agency retreat participant "Kevin & Kelly are so passionate and amazingly grounded in their instruction it is just completely inspiring. They also addressed the subject from many different angles."
- professional development participant
This dynamic duo will breathe new life and vitality into any organization."
-Mike Felber, Human Resources Director, Bombardier Capital
"This training was intense, enlightening and very interactive"
- Susan, intensive course participant
Dear Kelly,
I wanted to take a minute to thank you for your support, I can already see where it has made a difference in Zach in such a short time. He has come a long way and we are so blessed to have the angels that have been sent to us along the way. Thanks for being one of those angels and seeing how wonderful Zach is. I can see you have such an internal commitment to helping children and making a difference in their lives. Thank you for letting Zach be one of those children you have taken under your wings.
With Gratitude, Kathleen
"We have learned strategies to help us THINK about our choices. Wording has been key to get us thinking about our actions as well as getting all of us to carry out the tasks we say we will". - Parent Participant, Family Day Intensive "When I come here all of the noise in my head becomes quiet. I could spend all day with Little Brother. I don't want to wash my sweat shirt because it smells like him and that smell makes me feel better." - Sasha - 14 year old participant. " Some of the techniques we have learned in the past we have tried & forgotten. These strategies are practical and taught in a way that we can understand." - Parent Participant "The more we use the strategies with our children the more it becomes part of their every day life & we will continue to use them." - Parent Participant Day Long Intensive "I like that the approach wasn't specific to ADHD, Attachment Disorder etc... The focus on communication in general made it apply with all of our children" - Parent Participant "There's good energy here, I feel it. The animals are happy". -Professional Development Workshop Participant "Two thumbs up. I usually hate groups. This was totally fun!" - Social Skills Participant My student has been seeing Kelly for the past three months. Over the course of that time, I have seen some real growth within her. I have seen her experience empathy, which has been a huge conversation piece with her previous teachers and I anticipate greater gains as the sessions continue. Kelly has a gift of being able to translate emotions that a child experiences through her work to that of their peers, teachers, or parents. She can take an activity of having fun with an animal “cahoots”, and show how that relates to a child getting a charge out of having their friend do the “wrong” thing, or get away with something.
What I have seen in a “structured” school setting is great, what Kelly has shown through her animal experiences is even better. Kelly has a knack for connecting kids with their inner feelings through the activities in which she has the kids participate. One session, it was as simple has having a “visitor” goat come to spend some time with the rest of her crew because Kelly was trying to have the child experience the “odd man out” syndrome. It worked like a charm!
I truly believe that Kelly has a wonderful combination of education, common sense, and a real affinity toward both children and animals. The combination lends itself to a great experience. It is so exciting to see my student put the horse activities together with her own experiences with the children in her grade. She is now able to connect the incidental comments from sessions with her real life situations. The work that Kelly has done with this student has exceeded my expectations.
Sincerely,
Lynn
Middle School Special Educator "I love visiting with Xena, she gets me and we are a lot alike. I don't need to ride her, I don't want to ride her, I only want to be with her. She helps me have fun again." Zoe - 16 year old participant "When I get mad I think of Lucky and what he does when he doesn't like something. He quietly walks away and swishes his tail. I wish I had a tail." Sam - 12 year old participant "I've never seen him open up like that" Parent "Osho is a silly goat, I love silly goats, he plays with me and we're friends. He's so silly, it's cool that he's silly. He pushed me once and I didn't like it, I don't like to push anymore, it's not fun." Dan- 9 year old participant | |
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