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Kim Cassidy –
PATH Intl Registered Instructor
Bio coming soon...
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Annette Gruba –
PATH Intl Registered Instructor
Annette has always loved horses and
ridden all of her life (literally
since she was 3 years old). In the
summer of 1999 she began
volunteering in the therapeutic
riding program at Winter Park’s
National Sports Center for the
Disabled. After Annette’s first year
with NSCD, she became a volunteer
instructor and continued to do so
for the next 7 summers. In 2005 she
earned NARHA’s Registered Instructor
certification and started teaching
at CTRC in the summer of 2006.
Annette enjoys playing with her son, riding her own horse and skiing with her family at Winter Park. She has always felt that horses are amazing animals and is fortunate to witness their amazing ability to work with humans every time she teaches a class.
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Jody Howard -
PATH Intl Advanced Instructor
Jody started at CTRC in May of 2007
and is loving every minute of it.
Though new to CTRC she has been
involved in Therapeutic Riding for a
several years. Pursuing her education in therapeutic
riding has made her life feel very balanced and rewarding. Some of her other talents lie in teaching, barn management, and showing and training western horses. Jody is proud to be part of CTRC but is also very proud of her wonderful family.
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Instructors Certified in Hippotherapy
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Amy Seelig –
Speech Language Therapist CCC-SLP,
Special Education Teacher, PATH Intl
Registered Instructor, AHA
Registered Instructor
Amy began at CTRC in 1996 as a
volunteer while she was a graduate
student in speech language pathology
at C.U., Boulder. After living in
Oregon for a few years, in 2001, Amy
returned to her native Colorado and
began working at the Anchor Center
for Blind Children in Denver. In
2008, Amy decided to connect her
life-long love of horses with her
therapy for young children. She
successfully pursued this passion by
working closely with other
therapists experienced in
hippotherapy, completing her AHA
(American Hippotherapy Association)
Level I and Level II courses and
obtaining her NARHA Registered
Instructor certifications. Amy is
thrilled to be part of the joy,
enthusiasm and wonder of CTRC and to
have a job that she absolutely
loves! Amy lives in Erie with her
husband, Eric, her black lab, Jetty
and her calico, Minna.
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Justine Williams –
PATH Intl Registered Therapist in Hippotherapy / PATH Intl Registered Instructor
Justine holds a Bachelors degree in Conductive Education, a combination of PT, OT, SLT and special education. She directed a Conductive Education center in England for individuals with a range of motor disorders such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, down's syndrome, multiple sclerosis and stroke. After moving to America, Justine acquired her certification in Sensory Integration and Praxis Testing (SIPT), and began working with individuals with sensory processing disorders and autism. Justine has loved horses since she was a little girl so it was very fitting that she combined her clinical knowledge with her passion for horses and became a NARH Registered Therapist in Hippotherapy joining the CTRC team in 2003. Justine lives with her husband, daughter and their herd of horses, dogs and cats in Fort Lupton.
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Jill Valenti, PT -
PATH Intl Registered Therapist in Hippotherapy / PATH Intl Registered Instructor
I've been a PT for 24 years (Yikes!!!), primarily in pediatrics. I have
worked in the NICU, the schools,
home health, hospital setting,
private practice and for the past 10
years with Dayspring's Early
Intervention Program. I am NDT (neurodevelopmental
treatment) certified, certified in
infant massage, have experience with
sensory integration and have been
doing hippotherapy for 17 years at
CTRC.
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