Please remember The Shea Center during this season of giving. A gift for someone you love could make a lasting difference in the lives of others. Your generous donation could help us sponsor a horse, purchase equipment, fund financial aid, and supplement other needs....
For years, The Shea Center professional staff has envisioned adding an outdoor therapy area where clients can enhance their strength, balance, coordination, and sensory integration. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the Fosheim and Offield families, this...
by Randi Shannahan, PT, DPT The power of hippotherapy is most deeply understood by feeling it first-hand. The term hippotherapy refers to the purposeful manipulation of equine movement by occupational, physical and speech therapists as a treatment strategy to promote...
The Shea Center is a learning facility that takes on select students in occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and mental health. Students in these fields require hundreds of clinical hours to fulfill their degree and mentorship to build...
The Shea Center, in collaboration with the Gary Sinise Foundation, hosted its third annual Equine Training with OC Fire Authority’s Urban Search & Rescue Team (US&R), with 146 first responders on-site at our therapeutic horseback riding center. Watch the video...
By Madison Miranda Having the correct saddle fit is an essential part of horseback riding. The way the saddle is structured needs to accommodate both the horse and the rider, making it necessary to have various saddle types and sizes. The Shea Center has over six...
For over 40 years, The Shea Center has been an enthusiastic participant in the San Juan Capistrano Swallows Day Parade, which is now in its 64th year. The parade is an outgrowth of a school carnival in the 1930s, held in March to celebrate the swallows' return to...
Thank you to everyone who voted for us in The Capistrano Dispatch Best of San Juan Capistrano People's Choice Horseshoe Awards. We won the Gold Award in five categories! Best Nonprofit Best Riding Lesson Best Horse Training Best Stable Best Summer Camp and...
Preparations are in full swing for our upcoming Summer Horse Camp! Our staff and horses are gearing up for a summer of exciting horse-related activities in our beautiful equine setting. Summer Horse Camp is an integrated, five-day experience for kids with and without...
Meet Janelle Robinson as she shares her passion for horses and her path to becoming The Shea Center's Chief Program Officer. "As a kid, like many little girls, I loved horses and wanted one of my own. Growing up in a military family, we were fortunate to be stationed...