He credited his co-authors and mentors for their support throughout the project.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to thank all of my co-authors on this research project for their hard work and help in writing and designing my abstract and poster: Natalie Faybisovich, Megan Lucey, Kal\u00e9i Crimi, Kiernan Riley, and Charles Robinson,\u201d Joyce said. \u201cAs well as Dr. Mike Evans, who was also a co-author and my mentor for this project, and Griff Lewis (instructional designer) who helped me with poster design and printing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joyce also expressed appreciation for the institutional support that made his participation possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d also like to thank the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing and Penn State Scranton for funding the printing of my poster and the cost of attending the conference,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Above all, Joyce said he remains grateful for the experience and the people who helped him achieve it.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust that I\u2019m incredibly grateful for everyone who helped me on this project and made this whole thing possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Assistant Teaching Professor of Nursing Khalid Almasloukh also presented at the conference<\/p>\n
Almasloukh also presented his research, which focuses on equine-assisted psychotherapy for emotionally traumatized children.<\/p>\n
He described equine-assisted psychotherapy as a collaborative therapeutic approach involving horses, a licensed mental health therapist and an equine specialist.<\/p>\n
\u201cEquine-assisted psychotherapy involves working with horses as part of a therapeutic process, guided by a licensed mental health therapist and an equine specialist,\u201d he said. \u201cI was first introduced to this approach while studying for my master\u2019s degree, when I decided to learn how to ride horses as a hobby.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that early volunteer experiences helped him recognize the powerful therapeutic value of equine-assisted services.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring my first volunteer experience, I observed the powerful therapeutic impact this work can have through moments of joy and connection,\u201d he said. \u201cChildren tend to be more engaged in equine-assisted therapy settings than in traditional clinical or hospital environments.\u201d<\/p>\n
His interest in the topic led him to connect with Marley\u2019s Mission, a well-known Lackawanna County-based program that provides free equine-assisted therapy to children who have experienced emotional trauma ranging from abuse and neglect to profound grief.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter meeting with the program founder (April Kemp) and clinical director (Kimberly Portanova-Feibus), we decided to analyze de-identified, routinely collected program data,\u201d he said. \u201cThe study was approved by the Institutional Review Board as a secondary data analysis after all participant identifiers were removed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Almasloukh previously presented preliminary findings at other conferences, but this symposium marked his first podium presentation on the most updated data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He credited his co-authors and mentors for their support throughout the project. \u201cI\u2019d like to thank all of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-167765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}