Causes: Animal-Related, Animals
Mission: The mission of Cooper Ridge Farm is to connect, nurture, and heal children with disabilities through the powerful human-animal bond. Utilizing Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT), Cooper Ridge provides developmental, educational, and emotional support through structured farm activities to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of our participants. Given our child-driven and community mission led by a certified animal-assisted therapist, Cooper Ridge Farm has selected a governing Board of Directors and mentors with expertise in special education, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, health/fitness, nutrition, and business experience.
Results: Cooper Ridge is a small farm in Appling, GA that serves children with various mental, physical, and emotional disabilities. We offer a fun way for a child to improve on fine and gross motor skills, speech, reading skills, visual acuity, and social interactions. Our team of experts works with parents/guardians to establish goals at the onset of a program and progress is documented after each session.
Target demographics: Children with disabilities, emotional disorders and in need of emotional support
Direct beneficiaries per year: We have worked with over 40 participants ranging in ages from 2 to 23 on an individual basis, and we have a retention rate of 86%.
Geographic areas served: The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) including Aiken, Burke, Richmond, Columbia, Edgefield, and McDuffie Counties.
Mission: The mission of Cooper Ridge Farm is to connect, nurture, and heal children with disabilities through the powerful human-animal bond. Utilizing Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT), Cooper Ridge provides developmental, educational, and emotional support through structured farm activities to improve the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of our participants. Given our child-driven and community mission led by a certified animal-assisted therapist, Cooper Ridge Farm has selected a governing Board of Directors and mentors with expertise in special education, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, health/fitness, nutrition, and business experience.
Results: Cooper Ridge is a small farm in Appling, GA that serves children with various mental, physical, and emotional disabilities. We offer a fun way for a child to improve on fine and gross motor skills, speech, reading skills, visual acuity, and social interactions. Our team of experts works with parents/guardians to establish goals at the onset of a program and progress is documented after each session.
Target demographics: Children with disabilities, emotional disorders and in need of emotional support
Direct beneficiaries per year: We have worked with over 40 participants ranging in ages from 2 to 23 on an individual basis, and we have a retention rate of 86%.
Geographic areas served: The Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) including Aiken, Burke, Richmond, Columbia, Edgefield, and McDuffie Counties.
Plemmons Rd., Appling, GA 30802
706-381-0880
Animals
Appling
