Professional Development

We offer our members ongoing training addressing specific aspects of developing and delivering an equine assisted learning program. Explore our current slate of classes.

Personal Development and Wellbeing (PDW)

1. Introduction to E3A Personal Development and Wellbeing (PDW) Webinar


Pre-recorded: Contact us at staff@e3assoc.org to purchase the recording.

Discover the Essentials of Equine-Assisted Learning in Personal Development and Wellbeing


Join us for an insightful webinar designed to explore the core tools and dynamics behind Personal Development and Wellbeing (PDW) Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) programs. Gain a deeper understanding of how EAL facilitators and coaches create, prepare, and deliver transformative PDW workshops and individual sessions, blending the power of equine experiences with impactful coaching techniques.


What You'll Learn:

  • Key Foundations of Personal Development & Wellbeing: Discover essential tools, definitions, and horse-based activities that form the backbone of successful EAL programs.
  • Facilitative Coaching & PDW Workshop Process Models: Understand how to effectively guide clients through personal growth using EAL techniques.
  • Understanding Human Growth: Learn how personal development and wellbeing occur and what drives meaningful change.
  • Coaching vs. Therapy: Explore the differences between equine experiential coaching and equine-assisted psychotherapy.
  • The E3A Transformative Model: Dive into the principles of Awareness, Alignment, and Action to inspire lasting transformation.
  • The Personal Change Model: Understand the process of individual change and how to support it effectively.


Whether you're an experienced facilitator or new to the field, this webinar provides actionable insights to elevate your practice and deepen your understanding of equine-assisted learning.


Take the next step in equine-assisted personal development—join us to discover how horses can help facilitate profound growth and wellbeing!


Prerequisites: None

Length/Format: 2-hour webinar

Cost: $100


To register:

E3A Members - please register in your member portal.

Non-members - contact us at  staff@e3assoc.org to register.



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2. Creating Personal Development and Wellbeing (PDW) Workshops Arena Experience


New dates coming soon.


Master the art of designing and delivering transformative equine-assisted learning events.


Step into the arena for a powerful 3-day hands-on training that equips you with everything you need to confidently design and facilitate impactful personal development workshops using Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) techniques.


What You'll Learn:

  • Core Themes for Personal Growth Workshops:
  • Setting healthy boundaries
  • Overcoming obstacles
  • Goal-setting for success
  • Building and enhancing relationships
  • Fostering personal and spiritual growth
  • Facilitation Excellence: Master the use of dynamic debriefing questions to guide your clients toward clarity and meaningful growth, all while avoiding "therapy territory."
  • Customized Horse Activities: Discover new equine activities specifically designed for personal development, and learn how to adapt existing exercises to fit workshop contexts.

Learning Objectives:

  • Apply and practice E3A's facilitation framework for Personal Development & Wellbeing workshops.
  • Create, adapt, and lead horse activities that resonate with clients' unique growth journeys.
  • Conduct effective debriefs tailored to the Personal Development & Wellbeing model.
  • Select and implement various assessments to encourage personal insights and development.


This training is your gateway to confidently delivering EAL workshops that inspire personal breakthroughs and transformative growth. Join us to elevate your skills and create life-changing experiences with horses for your clients!

Bonus Business Development Course

Participants in E3A’s Personal Development and Wellbeing and/or Clifton Strengths Arena Experiences will receive a bonus 4 week business development online course to turn what you learn in the arena into real life programs for your clients.

  • Attract & Nurture Your Audience – Create deep, meaningful connections that naturally grow your client base.
  • Break Through Barriers – Identify what’s keeping you stuck and shift into a mindset of abundance.
  • Craft Magnetic Marketing Copy – Gain the knowledge and confidence to write with clarity and impact.
  • Simplify Client Engagement – Stop floundering and start flowing with proven strategies to communicate effortlessly.

Through four live online trainings, you’ll refine the skills you developed in PDW or CliftonStrengths, bringing your arena experience learnings to life.


Prerequisites:

  • E3A membership
  • Personal Development and Wellbeing Intro webinar.
  • Be an E3A-certified equine experiential education practitioner, or have an EAL facilitation certificate from another organization (PATH, EAGALA, EGEA, EPONA, EAHAE).
  • If not certified by E3A, also must complete Introduction to the Equine Experiential Education Facilitation Method webinar.
  • Participants are asked to send a copy of their EAL certificate to staff@e3assoc.org when they register.


Length/Format: 3-day arena experience

Cost: $1,350


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Clifton Strengths


1. Introduction to Using CliftonStrengths to Enhance Client Results in Your EAL Business Webinar


Dates:  Wed, July 9, 2025
Time:  7:00 - 8:30 p.m. ET (class will be recorded for those who can't join the live session)

Location: Zoom


E3A Members - please register in your member portal.

Non-members - contact us at  staff@e3assoc.org to purchase the recording.


Incorporate the Power of CliftonStrengths into Your Equine-Assisted Learning Workshops


Elevate your Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) programs by integrating the CliftonStrengths Assessment Tool, a research-based online instrument developed by Gallup. This tool identifies an individual's unique skills, talents, and knowledge, empowering them to harness their strengths and become more engaged, productive, and fulfilled.


Workshop Highlights:

  • Discover the CliftonStrengths Tool: Gain confidence in using this powerful assessment in your EAL workshops.
  • Adopt a Strengths-Based Approach: Learn how focusing on strengths can enrich the client experience and deepen learning in equine-assisted programs.
  • Practical Applications: Understand how to effectively use the CliftonStrengths assessment with individuals and groups in Corporate, Education, and Personal Development settings.


Course Materials:

This workshop uses StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath or Strengths-Based Leadership by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie (2008). Each book includes a code to access the online CliftonStrengths inventory. Upon completing the assessment, participants receive a detailed report of their top 5 strengths, which will be reviewed during a 1.5-hour teleclass.


Note: To access the assessment, you must purchase a new copy of the book, as the code is unique and non-transferable.


Why Attend?

By integrating CliftonStrengths into your EAL workshops, you'll unlock new ways to inspire clients, helping them identify and leverage their strengths for personal and professional growth. Whether you're working with corporate teams, educators, or individuals, this training will enhance the impact of your equine-assisted programs.


Take the next step in transforming lives through equine-assisted learning—join us and learn how to guide clients in discovering their strengths and achieving their potential!

Prerequisites

  • Read the book "Strengths Based Leadership Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow" by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie.
  • Take the Clifton Strengths assessment (directions and access provided with the book). NOTE: Used books do not have an access code in them.

To purchase the book and assessment:

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Length/Format: 1.5 hour webinar

Cost: $100

Note: A recording of this class can be purchased in your member portal.


To register:

E3A Members - please register in your member portal.

Non-members - contact us at  staff@e3assoc.org to register.


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2. CliftonStrengths in the EAL Arena 

 

Sept 15-16, 2025

Reno, NV


Format: 2-day arena experience


Harness the Power of CliftonStrengths in Equine-Assisted Learning


Are you ready to experience how equine partners bring the CliftonStrengths Assessment to life in the horse-human connection?


What to Expect:

This 2-day immersive CliftonStrengths in the EAL Arena workshop is your chance to explore how integrating CliftonStrengths into your equine-assisted learning (EAL) programs can create profound and lasting impact for your clients. Learn to enhance client results while partnering with horses as powerful co-facilitators of personal and professional growth.


Key Takeaways:

  • Deepen Learning Through CliftonStrengths: See firsthand how the CliftonStrengths Assessment enriches client interactions with horses, creating meaningful insights and breakthroughs.
  • Leverage the Horse-Human Connection: Understand the unique role horses play in a strengths-based approach, helping clients uncover and harness their strengths for growth and development.
  • Empower Teams and Leaders: Discover how focusing on strengths can improve team dynamics, enhance leadership skills, and empower clients to achieve desired outcomes.
  • Practical Applications: Gain hands-on experience incorporating CliftonStrengths into your EAL programs, maximizing the potential of horses to inspire and transform.


Why Attend?

Horses bring unparalleled value as co-facilitators in strengths-based events. This workshop will show you how to showcase their natural abilities to enhance learning, foster deeper connections, and help clients unlock their full potential. Whether you're working with individuals or teams, this experience will equip you with tools to deliver impactful, strengths-driven EAL programs.

Join us for this unique opportunity to combine the power of CliftonStrengths with the wisdom of horses and take your EAL business to the next level!

Bonus Business Development Course

Participants in E3A’s Personal Development and Wellbeing and/or Clifton Strengths Arena Experiences will receive a bonus 4 week business development online course to turn what you learn in the arena into real life programs for your clients.

  • Attract & Nurture Your Audience – Create deep, meaningful connections that naturally grow your client base.
  • Break Through Barriers – Identify what’s keeping you stuck and shift into a mindset of abundance.
  • Craft Magnetic Marketing Copy – Gain the knowledge and confidence to write with clarity and impact.
  • Simplify Client Engagement – Stop floundering and start flowing with proven strategies to communicate effortlessly.

Through four live online trainings, you’ll refine the skills you developed in PDW or CliftonStrengths, bringing your arena experience learnings to life.


Special Notes:

It is highly recommended that non-E3A practitioners at least complete E3A's Introduction to Equine Experiential Education Facilitation Teleclass before attending this 2-day arena class. Click here for more information about Facilitation Teleclass.


CliftonStrengths in the EAL arena is an enrichment class not part of the E3A certification program. It will not be presented in the same format as the E3A certification training. E3A's Master Trainers will facilitate it. Participants will participate in activities and debriefing sessions with limited opportunities to facilitate activities with the horses.


For facilitation skills development, it is recommended that participants attend our Level 1 Certification. 


Prerequisites:  CliftonStrengths Intro Webinar

Cost: $950

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Inner World of the Facilitator

Take your work with the horses from ordinary to extraordinary in this powerful, hands-on, two-day arena experience. 


E3A master trainers Jennifer Kaplan, Kathy Milbeck, and their horse partners will show you how to deepen your connection to self to develop the high-level relationship skill of interdependence. A healthy blend of independence and dependence defines interdependence. It is also an essential skill in an exceptional EAL facilitator’s toolbox.


Through this arena experience, you will:

  • Receive the horses’ gifts of clarity and focus on creating successful forward momentum for your clients – and clarify any resistance you may have to meet their desired outcomes.
  • Hone your ability to set a firm intention for your relationship with your horse partners.
  • Locate and eliminate tension and resistance between you, the horses, and the work.
  • Develop trust in your horse partners’ abilities to “see the unseen.”
  • Facilitate BIG results for your clients – gaining enthusiastic advocates for your EAL business.
  • Experience real connection, a healthy balance of giving and receiving, and increased trust in your core relationships with all beings – both two-legged and four-legged.
  • Live more comfortably in your skin.

Prerequisites:

You must be a current member of E3A in good standing and have completed Level 1 training.


This program does not cover the E3A Facilitation Model, which is part of the E3A certification training program for Level 1 Certification. This enrichment class focuses on providing participants with the information they need to use Interdependent relationship-building skills in facilitating their EAL programs.


Please note: This program is an enrichment class, is not part of the E3A certification program, and is facilitated differently than the E3A certification training. E3A’s Master Trainers will facilitate it, and participants will participate in arena activities and debriefing sessions. For facilitation skills development, it is required that participants have completed E3A’s Level 1 Certification.


Watch for future dates.

Unlock your equine potential with Equine Assisted Learning. Join our webinars and arena experiences to enrich your professional journey. Contact us at 775-376-2530.

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