If you’re already working in equine-facilitated learning — or exploring how to integrate horses into youth or relational development responsibly — this training was designed for you.

The Spur Model™ is a structured, replicable, equine-facilitated social intelligence approach to relationship building. It provides facilitators with a clear framework, practical tools, and validated experiential processes that move beyond intuition and into intentional design.

This is not “just another equine experience.”

It is a teachable model you can immediately implement.

• Equine Facilitated Learning practitioners seeking new structured approaches
   
• Social workers, counselors, and youth-serving professionals
   
• School-based and community-based program leaders
   
• Organizational decision-makers evaluating experiential learning models
   
• Those responsible for contracting or approving professional development
   

Participants will leave able to:

• Facilitate structured equine-based social intelligence exercises
   
• Confidently apply the Spur Model™ framework
   
• Design relationship-building interventions using experiential learning
   
• Integrate equine-facilitated activities into existing programs
   
• Evaluate whether this model is a fit for their organization
   

You will receive:

✔ Professional instruction and live demonstrations provided by the author of the SPUR Model, Johnny Clark, LMSW
✔ Experiential practice and participation with horses
✔ Comprehensive facilitator manual that provides fifty exercises and games for your use
✔ Program implementation guidance
✔ Certification upon completion

$550 – First Registrant
$500 – Second Registrant (same organization or family)

Light breakfast fare (coffee, baked goods, fruit) is provided both days.

Water and other drinks are provided.

Lunch each day is the responsibility of the participants. Menus and ordering/delivery service are available.
Dress appropriately for outdoor activities.

📅 April 17–18, 2026
🕣 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Friday & Saturday)
📍 Triple HP Ranch
96 San Gabriel Drive
Nogales, AZ 85621

Specific travel instructions and other information will be provided upon registration

Space is intentionally limited to 10-12 participants to preserve the quality of experiential learning.