ARC HIPPOTHERAPY

Valerie Cooper, MCSP, RDAC

Regional Physiotherpist for Grampian and Highland RDA and Riding Therapist at Camphill School Aberdeen.

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Valerie is a Chartered Physiotherapist with over 30 years experience. She was a senior clinician in the field of neurological rehabilitation and has worked as a lecturer in Health Sciences at Robert Gordon University where she completed a PhD in e-learning. She is also a keen horse rider and a Riding for the Disabled (RDA) coach. She qualified in Hippotherapy after undertaking the post graduate course in Hippotherapy through the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Equine Actives (ACPEA). She is the regional physiotherapist for Grampian and Highland RDA and is actively involved in training of coaches both locally and nationally. She has also delivered hippotherapy at Camphill Murtle estate in Aberdeen.