{"id":371,"date":"2025-11-19T11:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/peters\/?post_type=research&#038;p=371"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:03:31","slug":"equine-assisted-services-for-people-with-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"research","link":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/peters\/research\/equine-assisted-services-for-people-with-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Equine-assisted services for people with Down Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- block -->\n<div class=\"custom-block-wrapper media-object-block stylized lite top-spacing-default bottom-spacing-default\">\n\n    <!-- component -->\n    <div class=\"media-object left\">\n\n        <!-- image container -->\n        <div class=\"object-container left half\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/peters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/grooming-boy-horse.jpg);\">\n\n            \n\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- END image container -->\n\n        <!-- text -->\n        <p class=\"object-text half\">\n\n            We recently conducted a scoping review of equine-assisted services for people with Down Syndrome and found that most existing research focuses on gross motor benefits for children with Down Syndrome, with very little research in social-emotional-cognitive and quality-of-life benefits. <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWe are launching a program of research focused on developing and evaluating an equine-assisted learning program for young adults with Down Syndrome. <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWe are grateful for the financial support of Brett and Annette Himes in launching this new program of research!\n        <\/p>\n        <!-- END text -->\n\n    <\/div>\n    <!-- END component -->\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- END block -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":382,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-371","research","type-research","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/peters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research\/371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/peters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/peters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/research"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/peters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/peters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}