BETTER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Equine Interactive Learning for Tomorrow's Leaders

Our Smart Skills CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT program offers youth leadership and mentoring programs through an engaging and transformational learning model. TRANSITIONS Empowerment Center provides a creative and innovative resource for schools, community organizations and clubs offering a proven curriculum designed to foster positive character and leadership development. Activities are designed to be both fun and engaging providing an interactive process whereby children can easily transfer learned skills into their own lives.

The nationally recognized model currently offered at TRANSITIONS has been extremely effective in the Indianapolis, Indiana public school system. This strength based learning curriculum of Cowboy Poetry and Journey of the Spirit Horse incorporates academic, life and character skills in an engaging and creative experience for children. Powerful and adaptable to various learning styles, the Smart Skills CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT program is an exciting and innovative curriculum that utilizes the Strides Learning Model as its foundation of practice.

Youth Leadership and Mentoring  Program Expectations:

Ability to Think

• Problem Solving
• Informed Decision-Making
• Systems Thinking
• Critical, creative and analytical thinking
• Developing and testing hypothesis
• Transferring learning to new situations (projection)

Skilled Communication

• Constructing and defending an argument
• Working effectively in groups
• Communicating plans and processes for reaching goals
• Receiving and action on instructions, plans and models
• Communicating with a variety of tools and skills

Production of Quality Work

• Acquiring and using Information
• Creating quality products and performances
• Revising products and performances
• Developing and pursuing positive goals

Connections with Community

• Recognizing and acting on responsibilities as a citizen
• Preparing for work and lifelong learning
• Contributing to the aesthetic and cultural life of the community
• Seeing oneself and one’s community within the state, nation and world
• Contributing and adapting to scientific and technological change

The Equine Interactive Learning (EIL) model offered at TRANSITIONS has been used very effectively in many schools nationwide and is gaining global recognition for producing tangible improvement in individual performance.  The experiential forum is also considered one of the most dynamic human development programs available today. Our program requires no previous experience with horses and does not involve mounted activities. Why horses?

Working together to meet your needs and support your goals the TRANSITIONS team collaborates with parents, teachers, clubs and organizations to customize programs for groups or individuals. Our staff is eager to collaborate with you to develop lesson plans based on your goals.

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What our clients say about coming to TRANSITIONS:

"We really applaud Lynn and the horses. Our youth learned a lot of life lessons in a very unorthodox method and had a great time.  They had to overcome their fears and trust their instincts and it was amazing to watch.  One of our kids was afraid of horses and by the end of the lesson was braiding the horses' hair.  Thanks Lynn, E-Bay, Martini, Shahlik and Ali." - Tracy Williams , Executive Director Youth Empowerment