Advanced Riding Instructor
Advance your CTRI certification.
Therapeutic/Adaptive Riding is an activity in which the student performs mounted and unmounted work on or around the horse. Help build participants’ skills in and out of the arena by becoming a PATH Intl. Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor. Certifications for the PATH Intl. Therapeutic Riding Instructors at the CTRI, Advanced and Master levels are for equine-assisted services professionals providing riding instruction of therapeutic value to riders with disabilities. This includes mounted or unmounted work ethically partnering with an equine.
Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor
A PATH Intl. Certified Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor must demonstrate riding and teaching ability, knowledge, and, above all, safety while teaching equine centered lessons to all abilities. A PATH Intl. Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor is able to conduct an effective, safe equestrian lesson and demonstrate instruction that shows progression of riding skills for riders of all physical, cognitive and riding abilities.
Steps to Certification
- Purchase PATH Intl. professional level membership
- Purchase PATH Intl. Advanced TRI application and student manual bundle ($225)
- Submit completed application
- Submit current adult and child CPR and first aid certifications. Upload on PATH Intl. Member Portal or send to (100% online courses are accepted)
- Complete the online Standards Course and Exam (score valid for one year)
- Complete prerequisite webinars
- Advanced certification components
- Equine assessment and evaluation
- Attend a PATH Intl. ATRI Workshop ($1200 – valid for two years)
- Submit 120 hours instruction riders with disabilities in mounted activites at a current PATH Intl. Member Center
- Submit Lungeing Video and successfully pass prerequisite to PATH Intl. prior to attending on-site certification event
- Attend a PATH Intl. Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor on-site certification event ($1225)
- Successfully complete the Advanced Instructor online proctored exam
- Candidate will have 60 days from date of enrollment to complete the exam
- All retakes must be purchased through PATH Intl.
Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor Certification Candidate Handbook
Advanced Riding Instructor Criteria
PATH Intl. Code of Ethics
Accommodations
Advanced Riding Instructor Certification
A PATH Intl. Certified Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor must demonstrate riding and teaching ability, knowledge, and, above all, safety while teaching equine centered lessons to all abilities. A PATH Intl. Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor is able to conduct an effective, safe equestrian lesson and demonstrate instruction that shows progression of riding skills for riders of all physical, cognitive and riding abilities.