The McPherson Outdoor Education center operates a versatile equine education and therapeutic horseback riding program with large horses, ponies, and miniature horses. The program consists of equine-facilitated learning, therapeutic riding, vocational training in the barn, and grooming. Children, youth and adults learn how to feed and and take care of horses, miniature horses and ponies through safely guided interactions, and to manage their own behavior and emotions to benefit their relationship with the horses.