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Jan Butler Loveless, Ph.D., EAPI
J-Bar Ranch, LLC
At the J-Bar Ranch, LLC Center for Experiential Learning, horses and other four-legged teachers help participants improve their literacy and life skills, self-esteem, and leadership abilities. Horses cofacilitate in the teaching of the lessons, many of which are about the horses themselves. Participants at J-Bar Ranch learn horsemanship, information about horse behavior, information about horse breeds and about individual horses. But their most important learning is about themselves. Learning takes place in comfortable settings in a barn classroom, around a 60-foot covered round pen and in an outdoor arena, as well as off-site.
Jan has a Ph.D. in English Education; an M.S. in landscape horticulture; a B.A. in English and biology, and Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP 1) certification from Equine-Assisted Growth and Learning Association. She is an equine-assisted learning intern for Barbara Rector (the “mother” of equinefacilitated learning), and has studied equine-facilitated learning and therapy at Epona, Human- Equine Alliances for Learning and at Strides to Success. She is a member of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, the Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association and the Equine Guided Education Association.
tel: (559) 798-1510
email: jan@jbar.com
address: P.O. Box 7256
Visalia, CA 93290
