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Equine program provides coping skills at detention center
Cape Gazette
An eight-week program at a Milford youth detention center is giving students lifelong lessons.
Equestrian Program Benefits Youthful Offenders
Milford Live
As a horse lover herself, Katie Joseph, a psychologist at Stevenson House, was well aware of the power of animals in therapy for young people. She was looking for novel ways to reach some of the youth who were housed at Stevenson House Detention Center.
WBOC-16 News Feature
Juvenile inmates make strides through equestrian therapy
An equestrian therapy program at the Stevenson House, a juvenile detention facility in Milford, is helping troubled teens gallop toward emotional growth.
Katie Joseph, the Stevenson’s House’s school psychologist, began the eight-week long equestrian program in 2018.
“To see the kids that have whatever reputation on the street just melt over a horse is always interesting. They want to give the horse a treat, they want to give it a hug,” she said. “It’s really rewarding to watch.”
Katie Joseph, the Stevenson’s House’s school psychologist, began the eight-week long equestrian program in 2018.
“To see the kids that have whatever reputation on the street just melt over a horse is always interesting. They want to give the horse a treat, they want to give it a hug,” she said. “It’s really rewarding to watch.”