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Use of animals to promote healing for both chronic and acute injuries, disabilities, or challenging life situations and is not a measurable form of treatment and does not require a professionally trained and licensed therapist.
Call Sanctuary Hill to schedule a visit, tour the farm, and meet our beloved animals! Dial 706-375-5543 today.
Engaging with and visiting animals can have a calming effect that leads to a reduction in high blood pressure, heart rate, anxiety levels, grief, and isolation. Spending time around and with animals can promote socialization, improve self-esteem, and increase physical activity.
We love to celebrate birthdays, holidays, and coming up with special activities, projects, and crafts. On farm days, you can find us petting, grooming, and feeding the animals. We may even be doing some chores around the farm, a scavenger hunt, a craft, or singing. We have social circles where we plan, socialize, problem solve, and learn more about each other and the animals. Bring a packed lunch and join us. The farm provides snacks and water (it is advisable to bring your own water bottle that can be filled/refilled).
Signed consents and releases to visit or participate
Wear weather & environment appropriate clothing and shoes (no flip flops, shoes with exposed feet or toes)
Minor must have adult supervision
Transportation to and from the farm
Stay tuned for how to make your tax-deductible donation!
If you would like to make one now, contact Lynn Bernier at 706-375-5443 to support Sanctuary Hill.
Therapeutic intervention that incorporates direct animal contact, such as horses, dogs, and cats into a treatment plan. The client, therapist, and animal work together in therapeutic activities with goals for change, measurable objectives, and the expectation of identifiable progress toward treatment goals when applicable.
Animal-assisted therapy offers great benefits and is used to help those with Autism, anxiety, PTSD, depression, trauma, grief, attachment disorders, loneliness, and more. Benefits can include but not limited to de-escalation during meltdowns, offering sensory support, ease anxiety, and facilitate social engagement. Being around animals can lead to a reaction within your body that positively affects your emotions and overall well-being. Animals offer non-judgmental companionship for children and adults that are at risk for bullying by peers and rejection. Animal-assisted therapy can facilitate socialization, communication, compliance, participation, eye contact, smiles, and attentiveness.
Anyone that has an interest in or learning about animals, farms, volunteering, and socialization.
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Autism, developmental disabilities, PTSD, emotional disorders, anxiety, stress, social and communication deficits, etc.
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Schedule a visit at Sanctuary Hill! Call us at 706-375-5443.
Contact Information
Phone: 706-375-5443
Email: sanctuaryhillinc@gmail.com
Address: 4569 Long Hollow Road Ringgold, GA, 30736
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