Welcome To Bit-By-Bit Therapeutic Riding Center!

At Bit-By-Bit our goal is to help all of our special needs clients become as independent, strong, and confident as possible through the magic of therapeutic horseback riding!

We strive to provide professional and top-quality therapeutic services to the families of south Florida.

Bit-By-Bit Therapeutic Riding Center was created in 1998 and became a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in 2002. We fundraise to provide therapeutic services to special children and adults regardless of ability to pay. We offer therapeutic riding and hippotherapy services to families from Broward County, Palm Beach County, and Miami-Dade County.

At Bit-By-Bit, we create individualized treatment plans for each of our special needs clients. Each of these plans recognizes the client's specific burdens and develops short and long term goals that push each client to a higher level of health, strength, and well-being. Bit-By-Bit is a family-friendly, community supported organization which recognizes the healing power that horses share with all humans.



How Do I Begin?
Please download the 2010 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT BUNDLE to the right. We have immediate openings available on weekdays and weekends ( Saturday and Sunday) . Our Price List is included in the download.

When registration packet is completed and your physician has signed the enclosed form, you are ready to begin! You can bring the registration packet with you to your initial appointment.

If you are ready to schedule an appointment, please call Susan March, our Program Director at (954)-802-8874.  We will soon have 3 horsebackriding locations in Broward County (Parkland, Pompano Beach, and Davie/Plantation).

For more information regarding the program, please download our brochure or call (954)-471-6119.

We are a NARHA Accredited Therapeutic Riding Progam and follow their professional standards.

Horses For Heroes

A Veteran Rehabilitation Program

Please join us for our "Horses For Heroes" Golf Tournament on June 5, 2010! Click here to be directed to the tournament webpage to sign up your team or for more information.

At Bit-By-Bit we are in the process of developing a new branch of our services offered: "Horses For Heroes" will be an equine assisted therapeutic rehabilitation program designed to help our veterans recover from the effects of war. Click here or "Events: Upcoming Events" on the top menu for more program details.

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Volunteers needed to sidewalk, lead a horse, and help with general horse care. No experience is needed, as we provide training. We offer a free lesson program incentive in exchange for volunteering with us (certain rules and restrictions apply). You can earn points toward free riding lessons as you volunteer! This is a great way to improve your horse knowledge and skills! We also offer service hours for high schools.

We need volunteers Monday and Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings. Please call Susan March at 954-802-8874 or email us here. to schedule an orientation.

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Staff

Kathleen has specialized in pediatrics and hippotherapy since 1998. She is one of the founding members of Bit-By-Bit and has been our president since inception. She also works as our co-program director and senior occupational therapist, and lectures for undergraduate and graduate college and university programs about the benefits of hippotherapy.

Susan is a NARHA Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor and AHA registered therapist. She is one of the founding members of Bit-By-Bit, and enjoys riding the horses daily, trail-riding, and competing in local horse shows. She has copious experience in various diagnoses such as autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, Down syndrome, stroke or CVA, and many other developmental and neurological diseases.