{"id":2111,"date":"2014-02-28T15:39:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T23:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/?page_id=2111"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:54:02","slug":"education-affiliations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/education-affiliations\/","title":{"rendered":"Education \/ Affiliations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Christine Amber, MA &#8211;<\/strong><strong>Formal Education<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>BA Psych, San Jose State University<\/li>\n<li>MA,\u00a0 Counseling Psych, William Lyon University (formerly in San Diego)<\/li>\n<li>UW-AABC,Certificate in Applied Animal Behavior, University of Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Continuing Education in Equestrian Studies<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Body Work clinic with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vickiwilson.nz\/\">Viki Wilson<\/a> of New Zealand, 2018<\/li>\n<li>ON-target clinic2 with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/on-target-training.com\/\"> Shawna Karrasch<\/a>, 2018,<\/li>\n<li>USEA demo-rider \/ participant USEA Young Horse Trainers and InstructorsC, (2018)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coursera.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coursera<\/a>, University of Davis, California.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coursera.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coursera<\/a>\u00a0\/ University of Florida, Certificate<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coursera.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coursera<\/a> \/ Edinburg University Equine Nutrition Certificate(13)<\/li>\n<li>Henry Coe State Park, Mounted Assistance Unit Training (12)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsemanshipsafety.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Association for Horsemanship Safety<\/a>\u00a0Instructor Certification Clinic (09)<\/li>\n<li>United States Eventing Assoc. (USEA) Instructor Certification Program (ICP) Workshop, Jumping Instructor, Level I, (06 -4 days)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/useventing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United States Eventing<\/a> Assoc. Instructor Certification Program (ICP) Workshop auditor and rider for instructor candidates of levels I and II. (04 -6 days)<\/li>\n<li>Don Sachey (US Gold medal Olympian) Clinics, LoneTree Farm (06) Equestriantraining.com (07)<\/li>\n<li>Brain Sabo Clinic (US Gold medal Olympian) , Horsepark Woodside,(06)<\/li>\n<li>Captain Mark Phillips USCTA Instructors Clinic (00)<\/li>\n<li>Portugal CDA 5-day Mira Atlantic Ride (99)<\/li>\n<li>A young aspiring Australian clinician( Clinton Anderson)\u00a0 5- day clinic (98),<\/li>\n<li>A successful Australian clinician&#8217;s (Clinton Anderson) 3-day clinic (04) (see me on Clinton&#8217;s despooking RFD-TV show from the Sacramento Horse Expo, i&#8217;m the crazy back packer!)<\/li>\n<li>British Horse Society 9-Day Training at the Equestrian Centre in Wales (97)<\/li>\n<li>John Lyons 2-day symposium (2) 92, 93<\/li>\n<li>Jill Walton eventing clinics (3) 96. 97<\/li>\n<li>Certified Horsemanship Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/cha-ahse.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CHA<\/a>) 5-day instructor training 94 Level 3<\/li>\n<li>American Riding Instructor Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.riding-instructor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ARIA<\/a>) Instructor rating and testing &#8217;94 &amp;&#8217;06<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Deb Bennett, Ph.D., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equinestudies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equine Studies Institute<\/a> clinics (4) and member (06, 07, 08, 12 )<\/li>\n<li>Clicker Training Symposium 04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 29px; line-height: 43.19999694824219px;\">Professional Affiliations and Organizations (past and present)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>United States Eventing Association<\/li>\n<li>American Association for Horsemanship Safety<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cha-ahse.org\/\">Certified Horsemanship Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riding-instructor.org\">American Riding Instructor&#8217;s Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riding-instructor.org\">Equine Studies Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appliedsportpsych.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Association for Applied Sport Psychology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Henry Coe State Park Mounted Assistance Unit<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smhorse.org\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px;\">San Martin Horsemens Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smhorse.org\">Los Altos Hounds Supporting Member<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A famous Australian Clinician&#8217;s club (Clinton Anderson)<\/li>\n<li>Parelli Savy member<\/li>\n<li>American Association of Natural Horsemen<\/li>\n<li>International Applied Animal Behavior Consultants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christine Amber, MA &#8211;Formal Education BA Psych, San Jose State University MA,\u00a0 Counseling Psych, William Lyon University (formerly in San Diego) UW-AABC,Certificate in Applied Animal Behavior, University of Washington Continuing Education in Equestrian Studies Body Work clinic with Viki Wilson of New Zealand, 2018 ON-target clinic2 with\u00a0 Shawna Karrasch, 2018, USEA demo-rider \/ participant USEA Young Horse Trainers and InstructorsC,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/education-affiliations\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2118,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2111","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4buGn-y3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3480,"href":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2111\/revisions\/3480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equestriantraining.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}