Loveway, Inc. Therapeutic Riding Programs
Serving Elkhart Public Schools
 Daytime classes for Special Education students from local schools participate during the school year. Schools include REACH PreSchool of Goshen, Mary Feeser, Mary Beck, Bristol, Eastwood, Riverview, Woodland, Concord South, Orchard View, Hawthorne, Prairieview, and Roosevelt. Classes typically last from sixty to ninety minutes. LoveWay's program activities help meet the goals of each student's Individual Education Plan (IEP).
Classes may include video instruction, hands on grooming and tacking activities in the barn, therepeutic riding in the arena or sensory experiences on wooded trails.
Enrollment for Therapeutic Riding Classes
Evening and Saturday morning small group classes are held for other individuals wishing to participate in therapeutic horseback riding. Two classes are held each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings, and Saturday mornings. Minimum age for enrollment is four. Participants are grouped according to age and ability levels. To inquire about enrollment for these classes our Program Manager. Enrollment documents available here.
While the student learns basic riding skills, the horse is led by one person and two others walk beside the rider for safety and stability. Some students will eventually ride independently, unaided by side walkers or leaders.
Riding and vaulting students may learn parts of the horse and tack, identify grooming tools and their use, sequencing, and the proper procedure for grooming and tacking. Some students will assist with cleaning stalls and other barn responsibilities.
Vaulting is a technique used to help the students trust the horses and to improve balance, coordination and muscle tone. In vaulting, the student takes many positions on the horse, including, lying down, standing, kneeling and riding backwards.
Kids Summer Camps
 Day camps are our programs for children without special needs. They allow a child the opportunity to learn how to ride a horse and have fun at LoveWay.
Children without special needs may be enrolled in Day Camps during summer vacation and winter break. Camps teach English style horseback riding, horse handling, safety, feed, tack, and more.
Each week consists of five days of lessons, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to noon with lunch from noon to 12:30. Cost is $300 per week. Only six children are enrolled each week so each child gets individual attention.
For more information call (574)825-5666
LoveWay, Inc. provides all participants with a sense of responsibility, value and purpose in life, and instills confidence in them as they care for and befriend LoveWay's horses. The experience empowers them to become independent, using the horses' legs as their own for exploration and freedom-an opportunity that, for some, would be otherwise impossible. Go to our Impact page for details.
Safe Facilities
 Twenty-nine acres of rolling meadows and woods encompass the LoveWay, Inc. property. Buildings include the Welcome Center, Indoor Arena, Observation Room, Horse Stable, and the Hay & Equipment Barn.
The handicap accessible Welcome Center houses staff offices, student commons, helmet area and restrooms.
Adjacent to the Welcome Center is the NIBCO Riding Arena (right). This 80'x104' heated indoor facility is where our riding classes are held. An observation deck is available for vistors to watch classes.
If your group is interested in a tour of LoveWay, Inc., please call 574-825-5666 for arrangements, and download the Visitor Tour Form.
Next is the Observation Room. With one-way glass windows overlooking the arena,
this room is used for group meetings and observation of classes.
Attached to the Welcome Center is the Horse Stable with 15 individual stalls for horses and ponies.
Equines of all sizes and types are kept to accommodate students with many different needs.
The 60'x80' Hay & Equipment Barn houses the Maintenance Manager's office,
hay, tractors, mowers, and other equipment.
The remaining land includes pastures with horse shelters, wooded sensory trail, outdoor riding arena, and round pen for horse training.
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