01 / Lend your time
Be a Volunteer
Volunteers are the heart of EEF. Time given at the barn helps participants build confidence, practice independence, and find their rhythm with horses.
Volunteer With Us
Therapeutic adaptive riding for autistic children & young adults · Ventura County
Equines Changing Lives. One Ride at a Time.
Specialized therapeutic adaptive riding and equestrian learning for children and young adults on the autism spectrum, with individualized instruction in Ventura County.
Find your way in
A place to begin.
01 / In the saddle
Adaptive Riding
Individualized riding instruction and horsemanship for families and individuals exploring adaptive support. Share a little about the rider and your questions; EEF will review your message and follow up.
Explore adaptive riding
02 / From the ground
Equine Assisted Learning (EAL)
Groundwork, stable skills, and guided interaction with horses for families, educators, and community partners who want to explore learning through horsemanship. Start with a conversation about fit.
Explore EALSpecialized instruction
A welcoming equestrian path for autistic riders.
EEF offers an autism-inclusive focus within our broader adaptive riding, horsemanship, and Equine Assisted Learning programs. Our Executive Director, Jasmine Ghent, is a CTRI (Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor) and a certified Equine Assisted Healthcare Riding Instructor. Each conversation starts with the rider and family’s questions, priorities, and interests.
We welcome questions about routines, communication, and sensory considerations so we can discuss current program activities and whether they may be a fit. This is an equestrian and learning experience, not medical or mental-health treatment.
Explore adaptive ridingOur mission
Make room for capability.
Every ride begins with a relationship.
EEF creates inclusive equestrian experiences through adaptive riding, horsemanship, equestrian instruction, and Equine Assisted Learning (EAL). Each experience is shaped around the person in front of us, with room for confidence, independence, skill development, connection, and community inclusion.
How EEF works
Community partnership
Proud vendor of Tri-Counties Regional Center.
Families should discuss eligibility and service authorization with their TCRC service coordinator. EEF can share program information for that conversation; funding is not guaranteed.
TCRC family guidance
The connection in practice
Three partners. One shared rhythm.
A lesson is a conversation between participant, instructor, and horse. Together they work through clear routines, mounted or ground-based activities, and horsemanship practice.
The pace is individual. The focus stays on participation, capability, and a meaningful relationship with the horse.
501(c)(3)
Nonprofit organization
TCRC
Regional Center vendor
Ventura County
Serving local communities
Find your way in
There is room for you here.
02 / Make access possible
Give a Donation
Gifts to EEF are tax-deductible and support inclusive horsemanship and scholarship access for local families. Your generosity helps make meaningful time with horses possible.
DonateReal stories
Progress has a thousand forms.
A new routine. A steadier hand. A question asked out loud. EEF’s work lives in the ordinary moments that help a rider feel capable, connected, and welcome.
We keep participant stories grounded and respectful. When you are ready to share your own first step, our team is ready to listen.
Start a conversation
Meet the horses
The horse is part of the conversation.
EEF’s horses are central members of the program. Their presence gives each lesson a living partner for practice, attention, responsibility, and connection.
We are keeping this space horse-centered rather than publishing unverified profiles. The best way to understand the partnership is to start a conversation with the team.
Our approach to horsemanshipYour first conversation
A clear next step.
Families, service coordinators, community partners, donors, and equestrians can all begin in the same place: a thoughtful message to EEF.
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Share what you are exploring
Tell us who is reaching out, what you hope to understand, and any riding experience or questions that would help us orient the conversation.
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Discuss TCRC questions with your coordinator
Families working with Tri-Counties Regional Center should discuss eligibility and service authorization with their TCRC service coordinator. EEF does not determine eligibility or guarantee funding.
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Let EEF review the message
The team will review the information you share and follow up with the program-related details that are current and relevant to your questions.
Support the mission
Help keep the arena open to possibility.
Donors, sponsors, community partners, and professional equestrians help make EEF’s work possible. Contact the team to learn about current ways to support the mission.
The next chapter starts here