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Rocking Horse Rehab
A Pediatric Rehab and Family Wellness Center
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Read on to find out what's happening at Rocking Horse Rehab!
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Attention School Directors!!
Now is the time to get your field trips scheduled and in the budget for the 2017-2018 school year!
Contact our
office manager for more
information!
973-731-8588
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Favorite Kids' Docs 2017!
Last year, 5 of our wonderful therapists were voted by you as NJ Family Magazine's Favorite Kids' Docs. Please vote for your child's therapist, and place a vote for our director, Sheri Marino.
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Horse of the Month
Tetley
Tetley is on his second year with us. He is a Pony of the Americas, and though we don't know his actual age, we guess he is around 10. Tetley loves to be cuddled and given lots of attention after riding! He is patient and kind with all our riders and is particularly skilled at unzipping zippers with his teeth!
Tetley first came to us in October 2015. He went back to his home at a summer camp for the summer of 2016, and has returned for another year with us.
Tetley loves attention and being turned out with his best buddy and neighbor, Small Fry!
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Staff Member of the Month
Kathy Lutz, LCSW
Kathy is a licensed clinical social worker who has been working at Rocking Horse Rehab since May 2005. Along with her equine partners, Kathy helps kids and young adults learn to manage their anxiety, anger or depression and boost their confidence and social skills. Based on her work at RHR, Kathy has authored a book titled "Horsemanship/Humanship: How Horses Make us Better People."
Kathy has over 30 years of experience in a variety of treatment settings. She has been a major part of training our horses to be as wonderful as they are!
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The Autism Think Tank Annual Gala at Trump National Golf Club
April 21st, 2017
Thank you to all of our donors, sponsors, and guests for making our annual benefit a huge success! Check out their website,
www.autismthinktanknj.org, for more photos and to make a donation, and don't forget to like them on Facebook!!
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Volunteer of the Month
Monique
Monique has spent this semester as our mental health intern with Kathy Lutz, our social worker. She is a senior at Montclair State University who majors in Family and Child Studies. In addition to sidewalking with Kathy's mental health sessions, Monique is always a help around the office, filing paperwork, tidying the office, and helping to develop Kathy's new "Girl Talk, Horse Talk" program.
Although Monique will complete her internship in May, she will always be a part of the Rocking Horse Rehab team! We hope to see Monique again in the future!
To become a volunteer, email:
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We are hiring!
Rocking Horse Rehab is expanding! We are currently searching for speech, occupational, and physical therapists to join our team.
RHR is open
Monday-Friday from
10am-6pm and on Sundays from 9am-5pm.
For more information contact
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NJ Family
Favorite Kids' Docs 2016
Congratulations to our RHR
therapists
who have been voted
NJ's Favorite Kids' Docs 2016!
Sheri Marino, MA, CCC-SLP
Kathy Lutz, LCSW, CADC
Michelle Geise, OTR/L
Jennifer Vill, MA, CCC-SLP
Fiana Bezpalko, MS, CCC-SLP
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Grant Money Available!
RHR is a recipient of a generous grant from the Italian Welfare League, an organization which assists children of Italian descent who are ill or have suffered an emotional trauma. Since 2001, they have raised and distributed over $1,500,000 to hundreds of children and organizations which provide services to children. Their grant helps us to provide services for children of Italian descent who otherwise would not be able to afford our services.
Their recipients have many different diagnoses, such as brain injuries, autism, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome. For more information on how to receive a grant for our services, please email us at:
[email protected]
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Check out our partner: The Autism Think Tank
The Autism Think Tank, NJ
is designed to provide a multidisciplinary team approach to the identification and treatment of the complicated medical comorbidities of autism. The Autism Think Tank is comprised of leading
experts in autism from renowned teaching hospitals including Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital and UCLA.
At the Autism Think Tank, the medical experts collaborate from around the U.S. in a video conference with local physicians and families to develop a cohesive plan of care for individuals with medically complex cases of autism. Medically stabilizing a child facilitates greater outcomes in behavioral, therapeutic and educational interventions. The Autism Think Tank has a global reach as we are serving families internationally with the use of telemedicine.
Like them on Facebook!
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University Partners
Thank you to the following universities and colleges for providing us with wonderful student interns. We are honored to help influence their futures in the health professions as fieldwork educators.
County College of Morris
Delaware University
Eastwick College
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Felician College
Kean University
Montclair State University
New Jersey City University
New York University
Philadelphia University
Queens College
Rutgers Univeristy
Salus University
Seton Hall University
St. Catherine's Univeristy
Tauro College
University of Scranton
William Paterson University
To complete an internship at RHR, email:
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School field trips and individual treatment times available!
Rocking Horse Rehab is open
Monday-Friday 10am-6pm
and Sundays from 9am-5pm.
SCHOOLS: TO BOOK A SUMMER FIELD TRIP, CALL US NOW!
To request a client registration packet, email:
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Mission Statement
Rocking Horse Rehab is a pediatric rehabilitation and family wellness center located within the Essex Equestrian Center in West Orange, NJ. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of individuals with special needs and their families by offering innovative opportunities for clinical, educational and social development. Our philosophy is to treat the "whole child" using equine assisted therapies with the expertise of our highly specialized staff.
Visit us on the web!
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About our Founder
Sheri A. Marino, MA, CCC-SLP
Sheri founded Rocking Horse Rehab in September 2001. She is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who specializes in autism spectrum disorders. Sheri oversees program development and daily operations for RHR with the support of a dedicated, professional staff. She is the Executive Director of The Autism Think Tank, NJ, a non-profit, medical videoconferencing team for individuals with medically complex autism. Sheri
works directly with the Autism Think Tank families and physicians and
manages all fundraising, marketing and family events. In addition, Sheri is a consultant to the Focus For Health Foundation which is dedicated to promoting advocacy, education and research to combat chronic health issues around the world.
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Rocking Horse Rehab is a proud member of
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12-22 Woodland Ave. West Orange, NJ 07052
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