• We recommend a minimum 4 hours per week, in intervals to suit the child, but this depending on the child and package. Please ask as we can accommodate. 

• Two staff present at all times

• Clear session briefing and task structure

• Individual responsibility allocation

• Regulated working blocks

• Structured reflection and review

• Initial 6-week formal review

• Session format is predictable and paced to challenge without overwhelm.

• Activities are individualised but structured. They may include:

• One-to-one equine groundwork

• Supported mounted sessions where appropriate

• Gentle introduction to Wilderness Living Skills

• Supervised tool use at capability level

• Personalised responsibility tasks

• Regulation and grounding exercises

• Nature observation and documentation

• Small practical build projects

• Gradual supported integration into small group tasks

All activities are risk assessed and capability-based.

Participants may demonstrate:

• Improved regulation within structured expectation

• Increased boundary awareness

• Greater tolerance of instruction

• Improved safety awareness

• Increased confidence in practical competence

• Readiness for progression into small group provision

Progress is reviewed formally at agreed intervals.

• Section 19 placements

• EOTAS packages

• Young people requiring supported entry into group work

• EHCP placements needing contained structure

• Young people where immediate group integration would be unsuccessful