Did you know that October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month? Shea Center staff, volunteers, and clients support by wearing purple, the color for Rett Syndrome Awareness Rett syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that affects brain development and can impact gait,...
Adaptive riding is taught by PATH Intl. certified therapeutic riding instructors (CTRI) and the overall goal is for each client to reach his or her highest level of independence in mounted and non-mounted equine activities. Some riders are independent at the walk,...
Earlier this month we had the pleasure of meeting Amy Dixon, a Team USA Paralympic Triathlete and disability rights advocate! 💙❤️ Although she has lost 98% of her vision due to Uveitis and Glaucoma, Amy continues to pursue athletic endeavors and competed at the Tokyo...
At The Shea Center, our services fall under two main categories: Therapy services utilizing hippotherapy and adaptive riding. Hippotherapy is the purposeful manipulation of equine movement to achieve therapy-directed goals. At Shea, our licensed therapy team is...
Breaking News! Our Shea Horse Camp was featured in The OC Register We were lucky enough to have the wonderful photographer and journalist Mindy Schauer visit us recently to see what our Shea Horse Camp is all about. The Shea Center hosts multiple week-long...
Congratulations to four of our staff members on receiving their Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor (CTRI) certification! Sarah, Rachel, Ellie, and Leeanna join the now 20+ members of our staff that have earned this accreditation. CTRIs are accredited through the...
Kyle and his wife, Kim, have been Shea Center clients for a year and a half. Kyle spent 23 years in the military, with two combat tours and two traumatic brain injuries, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder. When he returned from combat, Kyle was not the same...
Kristina, the mother of identical twins Chloe and Olivia, felt her five-year-old daughters seemed to hit a wall in their traditional clinical therapies for developmental delay. She started looking for a therapy that would be fun and keep the girls engaged. She found...
Arthur M. is a happy nine-year-old who sits up straight riding his favorite horse, Shaw, with a big smile on his face. It hasn't always been this way. Arthur came to The Shea Center at age four with a diagnosis of autism. His mother, Claudia, explains that at the...
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, our friends from the VA Long Beach Healthcare System, returned to The Shea Center in February. VA Long Beach veterans began monthly visits to The Shea Center in March of 2013. Our visiting veterans groom and feed the horses,...