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Bit By Bit

Who We Serve

 

Our mission is to open up the doors for all the special needs children and adults to the wonderful world of therapeutic horseback riding!

We provide therapeutic riding and hippotherapy services to children and adults throughout Broward County. We also have many clients from Palm Beach and Miami-Dade Counties that are truly dedicated and come to participate in our program! 

At Bit-By-Bit we are very equipped to work with people that have various types of challenges, so lessons may move at a slow or fast pace depending on the desires of our special students. We try and accomodate all riders regardless of their physical or emotional challenge.

Our dedicated staff work morning, afternoon, evening and even WEEKEND hours to help our families gain access to the many benefits of therapeutic horseback riding.

Our riders may be challenged with:

  • Autism and related spectrum disorders 
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Traumatic Brain injury
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Neurological and Developmental Disorders
  • Speech and Language Delay
  • Apraxia and/or Sensory Integration Dysfunction
  • Balance and Coordination Disorders
  • Prader-Willie Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, other genetic diseases
  • Ataxia Telengasia (AT)
  • Spina Bifida
  • Cognitive and/or Psychosocial Needs
  • Also visit our Horses For Heroes Page to see the work we do with disabled veterans


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Volunteer

Bit By BitVolunteers needed to sidewalk, lead a horse, and help with general horse care. No experience is needed, as we provide training. We offer a free lesson program incentive in exchange for volunteering with us (certain rules and restrictions apply). You can earn points toward free riding lessons as you volunteer! This is a great way to improve your horse knowledge and skills! We also offer service hours for high schools.We need volunteers on weekdays and weekends at each of our 3 facilities.Please call Susan March at 954-802-8874 for Parkland and Pompano locations or Debra Larue at 954-612-1389 for the Davie location to schedule a volunteer orientation.

Classes

Classes are held by appointment only and we give standing appointments.

If you would like to register for classes, please print out & complete our New Rider Registration forms to the right.

If you are a new client, call Rene immediately at 786-412-5757 to collect your information or begin preauthorization.

Staff

Kathleen Pegues Kathleen has specialized in pediatrics and hippotherapy since 1998. She is one of the founding members of Bit-By-Bit and has been our president since inception. She also works as our co-program director and senior occupational therapist, and lectures for undergraduate and graduate college and university programs about the benefits of hippotherapy.
 Susan March Susan is a NARHA Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor and AHA registered therapist. She is one of the founding members of Bit-By-Bit, and enjoys riding the horses daily, trail-riding, and competing in local horse shows. She has copious experience in various diagnoses such as autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, Down syndrome, stroke or CVA, and many other developmental and neurological diseases.