About
Premier Accredited Center dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with disabilities and challenges through equine-assisted services. Located in Darien, CT, and with a permanent facility in Brewster, NY, Pegasus provides safe, professional, and compassionate programs that foster confidence, independence, emotional growth, and connection. Their team of certified instructors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and licensed educators offer equine-assisted activities to people with special needs, disadvantaged youth, trauma survivors, and adults with developmental disabilities. With a focus on equine therapy, Pegasus Therapeutic Riding has been changing lives for over 45 years.
Insurance & payment
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Services & specialties
Therapeutic Riding
This program can produce remarkable improvements in mobility, balance, posture, coordination, language development, behavior control, and concentration.
Resilience Training for Veterans and First Responders
This program combines basic horsemanship techniques and adds additional focus on the restorative power of horses.
Therapeutic Horsemanship
This program integrates equine-human interaction while providing opportunities to teach critical life skills such as trust, respect, honesty, and communication.
Wellness and Resilience through Challenges
This program offers powerful, experiential benefits through ground-based horsemanship activities that support social-emotional health, resilience, and personal growth.
Sensory Trail
This integrated environment challenges students' balance, stimulates their senses, and encourages them to interact with the world around them.
Equine Experience Days
This program provides a fun day for the special needs population to understand the therapeutic benefits of horses, including working hands-on with the horses, gardening exercises, music, and art projects.