Serious stuff. I have nowhere to turn

Jazz is in a complete free fall from which she may not recover.  After a couple of close calls where she swallowed open safety pins and glass shards, she is in a therapeutic facility where she is getting something called Equine Therapy.  It's horses right?  What can horses do with a girl so seriously mentally ill?    Has anyone ever heard of this?  Does it work with the destructive and suicidal?  This can't be a regular hospital.  Her mom and grandmother are asking me like I know. We aren't allowed to seen her. No one is.

If you mean "equine-assisted therapy", wikipedia has a short section on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine-assisted_therapy

Never heard of it myself.

I've seen it referred to and used in tv shows but that's all.

Good luck there.
Sounds very challenging.

I don't understand family not being allowed to see her or her being allowed to see them. That is cruel and can't be helpful. Almost sounds like state abduction.

Calypso Jones wrote:I don't understand family not being allowed to see her or her being allowed to see them.    That is cruel and can't be helpful. Almost sounds like state abduction.    

All 5 children have been removed and no family is allowed to see any of them. The oldest boy is 15. He is allowed one ten minute call once a week. He doesn't want to go home. He wants to stay with his foster family. He is allowed to speak with his sisters and brother.

I have read the incident reports and the police reports as well as speaking to the oldest boy. I have read the letters the middle girl wrote to her mother. I doubt that any of these children will ever be returned home. Jazz might be in lock down for her life. I just don't get how horses can help.

Looking online i see a lot of the so called benefits..and most kids do love horses don't they...but the problem is....there are no control groups or sufficient studies.
lots is anecdotal.

I'm going to ask my daughter in law who is in the business of mental health. I'll get back to you.

Calypso Jones wrote:Looking online i see a lot of the so called benefits..and most kids do love horses don't they...but the problem is....there are no control groups or sufficient studies.
lots is anecdotal.  

I'm going to ask my daughter in law who is in the business of mental health.   I'll get back to you.

Bless you. Poor Jazz. She never had a fair shake in life.

She says, it is a legitimate form of therapy but should be paired with traditional therapy if possible.

Calypso Jones wrote:She says, it is a legitimate form of therapy but should be paired with traditional therapy if possible.

Jazz is in an institution. She is getting therapy all the time. I just hope it eases her troubled soul. The youngest boy is in a group home for developmentally disabled children. He's okay. He's where he needs to be. I don't believe Jan and her husband are ever going to see any of those children again.

The monster hasn't been sentenced yet. I hope he stays there for life. What a mess.