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General
Information
Alabama
Institute for Deaf and Blind /dba
Marianna Greene
Henry Special Equestrians
Board Members
Mrs.
Pat Blinn
Previous Owner; Patchwork
Farms, Birmingham, AL |
Mr.
M.P. Greene
President; The MGHSE
Foundation Talladega, AL |
Ms.
Lynne Hanner
Executive Director; AIDB
Foundation
Talladega, AL |
Dr.
Dale Lowry
Owner; Talladega Veterinary
Clinic Talladega, AL |
Mr. Mark Morrison
Manager; Corporate Affairs
and Communication, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC
Lincoln, AL |
Dr.
Ed Murray
Owner; Coosa Valley Equine
Center
Pell City, AL |
Mr. Thomas A. Ritchie
Birmingham, AL |
Mr.
Neal Rodgers
Owner; Neal Rodgers Textile
Distributors, Inc.
Talladega, AL |
Mrs.
Darlene Vaughn Rotch
President and CEO; PPR
Communications
Birmingham, AL |
William
Ronald Smith
Vice President, Eastern
Div.; Alabama Power
Anniston, AL |
The MGHSE Foundation
is a subsidiary of the AIDB Foundation. The above members are
comprised of individuals
from AIDB’s Foundation Board and members of the equine community.
AIDB Board
of Trustees
Amy Burks
Retired Educator
Decatur, AL |
William P.
“Chip” Dobbs, III
Procurement Officer,
Marshall Space Flight
Center
Huntsville, AL
Graduate, ASD ‘81 |
Lynwood French
Retired, HKS Instructor
Ashland, AL |
Jean (Bunny) Gamble
Reference Librarian (PT)
Pub. Schools of Selma
and Dallas Co |
Ronnie Garrett
Retired, ASB Principal
Talladega, AL
Graduate, ASB ’63 |
John Granger
Retired
Talladega, AL
Graduate, ASB ’44 |
Clarence Haynes
Circuit Clerk
Talladega County
Talladega, AL |
Joseph H. Johnson, Jr.
Bank Executive, Slocomb
Bank
Dothan, AL |
James N. Montgomery,
Jr.
Attorney, Stringer, Montgomery
& Montgomery
Talladega, AL |
Morris Savage
Attorney, Bankhead and
Savage
Jasper, AL |
Jackie Smith
Construction Foreman
Carbine Construction
Florence, AL
Graduate, ASD ‘72 |
Rev. John E. Whitfield
Program Director; BC
H.O.P.E.
Fairhope, AL |
Melissa Williamson
Educator
Trussville, AL |
Joe Morton
State Superintendent
of Education (ex-officio) |
Hon. Bob Riley
Governor (ex-officio) |
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AIDB Board of
Trustees members are appointed by the Governor of Alabama. The Board of
Trustees, to which the AIDB President reports, is comprised of 13 members.
Trustees serve a six-year term. If when their term is up and they are not
replaced, they continue to serve. Trustees represent every Congressional
District in Alabama with three members who are mandated to be former students
of AIDB and who serve at large.
The Trustees consist of
two members who graduated from the Alabama School for the Deaf and are
hard-of-hearing and two members who graduated from the Alabama School for
the Blind and have low vision. Of the 13 members, five have served or continue
to serve as educators. One member is the great-great-great grandson of
AIDB’s founder, Dr. Joseph Henry Johnson.
AIDB Foundation
Board of Directors
James I. Barganie
Founding Partner; Barganier
Davis Sims Architects
Montgomery, AL |
Randall J. Billingsley
Managing Partner; Mobile
Asphalt Co., LLC, Mobile |
Charles A. Collat, Sr.
Chairman; Mayer Electric
Co., Inc. Birmingham, AL |
Jerry W. Dozier
Retired, Vice President
& Manager; Merrill Lynch
Shelby, AL |
John C. Duckworth, Jr.
Retired, Vice President/Owner;
Duckworth-Morris Insurance Co. Tuscaloosa, AL |
Jeffrey B. Gaskin
Executive Director &
Senior Development Officer-Mid Atlantic Region; UBS Financial Services,
Inc. Charlotte, North Carolina |
M. P. Greene, Jr.
Retired, Vice President,
Marketing; BellSouth Services
Talladega, AL |
Brenda M. Hackney
The Hackney Foundation
and Jefferson Giles Investments
Birmingham, AL |
Allen C. Harris
President; Bailey-Harris
Construction, Auburn, AL |
Robert Hayne Hollis,
III
President; Hollis and
Spann, Inc.
Dothan, AL |
Rick Humphrey
President; Talladega
Superspeedway Talladega, AL |
Thomas L. Merrill
Retired, Altec Industries,
Inc.;
Retired, USA Major General
Birmingham, AL |
G. Phillip Pope
President & CEO;
BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama, Inc.
Birmingham, AL |
Darlene Vaughn Rotch
President and CEO; PPR
Communications
Birmingham, AL |
Julia Harwell Segars
Vice President; Alabama
Power, Eastern Division
Anniston, AL |
Jerry F. Thomas
VP of Programs and Contacts;
SUMMA Technology, Inc.
Huntsville, AL |
As volunteers,
the AIDB Foundation Board of Directors represents business, education,
community, religious and advocacy leadership from across Alabama.
In addition, the AIDB Foundation Board President is a parent of a student
who attended the Helen Keller School of Alabama. Directors serve three-year
terms, attend one Fall Annual meeting and regularly-scheduled regional
meetings, as needed annually, and commit a minimum annual gift of at least
$1,000 as a member of the President’s Council through personal and/or business
finances. Foundation Directors participate in friend-raising and
fund-raising activities on behalf of AIDB. Members are also required
to commit to a tour of AIDB’s Talladega-based campuses and the local Regional
Center serving their home area.
Facts
at a Glance
What
The Marianna Greene Henry
Special Equestrians
Founded
1990
Purpose
To promote and support
– equine facilitated activities for individuals with disabilities
Mission Statement
To maximize the potential
for our students well -being by providing equine-facilitated activities
in the areas of therapy, education, sport, and recreation.
To enhance physical and mental skills, aid in mobilization, and promote
socialization and communication.
Type of Organization
Non-profit
Where
The Alabama Institute
for Deaf and Blind – Marianna Greene Henry Arena
Major Benefits
of Therapeutic Riding
Improves muscle tone,
balance, posture, coordination, motor development, emotional and psychological
well-being
Primary Funding
Source.
Individual, corporate
foundations, and endowment
Newsletter
Unbridled Joy – published
quarterly
Staff
Instructors -Elizabeth
Stanley , Arena Coordinator - Tim Greene , Kate Storjohann, Meagan Fridal
Barn Management – Carol
Hudson, Alaina Samuels
For Volunteer
opportunities or internships call (256) 761 - 3364
WHAT IS HIPPOTHERAPY?
· Hippotherapy
is a physical, occupational and speech therapy treatment that utilizes
equine movement. The horse’s walk provides sensory input through
movement, which is variable, rhythmic, and repetitive.
· Hippotherapy
is a subtype of equine assisted therapy and is utilized as part of an integrated
treatment program to achieve functional outcomes.
· The patient engages
in activities on the horse that are enjoyable and challenging.
· In the controlled
Hippotherapy environment, the therapist modifies the horse’s movement and
carefully grades sensory input.
· Specific riding
skills are not taught (as in therapeutic horseback riding); but rather
a foundation is established to improve neurological function and sensory
processing.
· This foundation
can be generalized to a wide range of daily activities.
· The person providing
Hippotherapy must be a licensed therapist with additional specialized training
in classic principles of Hippotherapy and horsemanship.
Why The Horse?
· The resultant
movement responses in the patient are similar to human movement patterns
of the pelvis while walking.
· The variability
of the horse’s gait enables the therapist to grade the degree of sensory
input to the patient, and then utilize this movement in combination with
other treatment strategies to achieve desired results.
· Patients respond
enthusiastically to this enjoyable experience in a natural setting.
· Improved attention
and motivation is often observed.
Why do they
call it hippo-therapy?
Many people often think, why hippo? Isn’t that a fat zoo animal?
Well, in Greek hippo = horse and potamus = water. So a Hippopotamus
is a water horse. Therefore, hippo-therapy = horse + therapy.
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