In-school Residency Programs and Workshops
Animal-Assisted Learning Program with our Bunny Team
Our animal & equine assisted learning program is built on the foundation of healing partnerships between humans and animals (horses, dogs and bunnies). We provide a caring and supportive environment in the company of our animals compassionately meeting the “hearts” of the students.
The Naturally Nurtured Program teaches life skills for personal wellness and healthy social/emotional interactions. Self-care techniques such as relaxation breathing and other life skills are practiced and refined during the activities and interactions with the animals.
Ley-Anne and the bunnies do travel (depending on distance) to facilities. The equine program is located at the Naturally Nurtured Farm.
The program is delivered in one hour weekly sessions until the desired length of the program is finished.
Ley-Anne Mountain is a wellness professional and grief educator. For over a decade, she has worked with elementary-aged students at many elementary schools within Chinook's Edge School Division, and many students at Innisfail High School will remember interacting with Ley-Anne’s bunnies and her pet therapy dog, Amigo, in their grade four classrooms and middle school.
Animal-assisted activities are at the heart of Ley-Anne’s work. She has developed animal-assisted grief support programs for families, which are hosted at her farm in Innisfail. She has taken extensive training in animal health technology and animal-assisted therapy.
Ley-Anne is a registered natural health care practitioner and is well-versed in a variety of self care techniques. She is well-versed in grief support skills as a certified Bereavement Support Group Facilitator and through her Douglas College End of Life Doula program training. Ley-Anne is a Victim Services Advocate and a volunteer with the Olds & District Hospice Society.
