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New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy for Children: Our Entwined Future
01 Dec 2014 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
This is the last column in a series of ten written for Purdue’s excellent site, and I confess to being a bit emotional to be so close to finally completing this series. It has...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2014/12/new-directions-in-canine-therapy-for-children-our-entwined-future
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New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy: Spreading the Wealth
25 Nov 2014 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
As the field of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) for children emerges, so does the importance of providing appropriate therapy for all children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. No...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2014/11/new-directions-in-canine-assistance-dog-partnerships-with-children-animal-assisted-therapy-for
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New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy: Tales from Four Labradoodles, Part 2
16 Aug 2014 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
North Star Blue
The two labradoodle sisters I wrote about in my last column, Luna and Cocoa, have two lively brothers, Harry and Blue, which we are also placing with North Star children. I picked...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2014/08/new-directions-in-canine-assistance-dog-partnerships-with-children-tales-from-labradoodle
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New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy: Tales from Four Labradoodles, Part 1
15 Aug 2014 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
North Star Luna
North Star Foundation is now in her fourteenth year of incorporation as nonprofit; to date we have helped over 200 children all over the world socially, emotionally and...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2014/08/new-directions-in-canine-assisted-therapy-tales-from-four-labradoodles
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New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy: Developing Canine Bonds with Children with Autism
22 Jul 2014 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
This column focuses on the still unfolding fate of four golden pups delivered by North Star Molly this time last year. Three of these pups are now working in our program with their carefully chosen...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2014/07/new-directions-in-canine-assisted-therapy-developing-canine-bonds-with-children-with-autism
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New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy: Recycling at its Finest
24 Jun 2014 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
My last column on failure is deliberately followed by this one, which highlights North Star dogs whose initial failure ended up just a bump on the road toward a better temperamental fit with a...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2014/06/new-directions-in-canine-assisted-therapy-recycling-at-its-finest
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New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy: Correcting Course
29 Apr 2014 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
"''CCI's Madison and Danny''"
I have always learned more from my failures than my success, and this column is meant to show a bit of what we have learned from the...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2014/04/new-directions-in-canine-assisted-therapy-correcting-course
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New Directions in Canine Assisted Therapy for Children who Face Social, Emotional and Educational Challenges
20 Dec 2013 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
''North Star Luka and Isabel''
Every assistance or therapy dog placement we create at North
Star is a carefully developed relationship between a child and a specifically
bred and socialized North...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2013/12/new-directions-in-canine-assisted-therapy-for-children-who-face-social-emotional-and-educational
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Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Six to Eight Months
03 Jul 2013 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
North Star's Rex and Amy
Kumari’s litter is now eight months old, with four of these
well bred and carefully raised golden retriever pups in the midst of being
shaped to work with children on...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2013/07/raising-our-north-stars-kumaris-puppies-from-six-to-eight-months
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Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Four to Six Months
21 Mar 2013 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
'Jack and North Star's Nardi'
Kumari’s puppies are now six months
old! This tender age typically marks the beginning of
adolescence with dogs, a time when commands formerly obeyed with...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2013/03/raising-our-north-stars-kumaris-pups-from-four-to-six-months
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Raising Our North Stars: Kumari's Puppies from Birth to Two Months
27 Nov 2012 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
by Patty
Dobbs Gross
North Star
Kumari delivered seven healthy puppies on October 4th, 2012. Four of
these puppies will be serving children on the autism spectrum as autism
assistance dogs; the...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2012/11/raising-our-north-stars
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Myth #5: Autism Assistance Dog Placements have Nothing to do with John Q Public
08 Oct 2012 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
by Patty Dobbs Gross
'North Star's Hero with his boy Joel at Disneyland.'
We should take a moment here to first review the various
therapeutic roles that a dog can play in a child with autism’s...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2012/10/myth-5---autism-assistance-dog-placements-have-nothing-to-do-with-john-q-public
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Myth #4: There are no Scientific Studies to Support Autism Assistance Dog Placements
04 Oct 2012 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
by Patty Dobbs Gross
The years tell us much of what the days never know. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Aaron and North Star's Bingo meeting for the very first time.'
Anecdotally speaking, we have...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2012/10/myth--4-there-are-no-scientific-studies-to-support-autism-assistance-dog-placements
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Myth #3: The Biggest Danger from an Autism Assistance Dog is the Hit to the Pocketbook
21 Sep 2012 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
by Patty Dobbs Gross
'Danny & Madison'
Of the top five myths about autism assistance dogs that I will cover in this column, this myth is by far the most dangerous. If you partially believe in this...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2012/09/myth-3-the-biggest-danger-from-an-autism-assistance-dog-is-the-hit-to-the-pocketbook
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More Animals in the Classroom: Interview with Maggie O'Haire
27 Aug 2012 |
Posted by Ross E Blythe
Children with autism can have difficulty fitting into social
settings and reading people. Empathy is often hard to cultivate. Research has
indicated that in some cases, children with autism are...
https://habricentral.org/members/1433/blog/2012/08/more-animals-in-the-classroom-interview-with-maggie-ohaire
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Myth #2: Training is the Key to Success with Autism Assistance Dogs for Children
10 Aug 2012 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
by Patty Dobbs Gross
I get by with a little help from my friends. ~ John Lennon ''David and North Star's Lego''
One of the biggest misunderstandings about the emerging field...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2012/08/myth-2-training-is-the-key-to-success-with-autism-assistance-dogs-for-children
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Myth #1: Autism Assistance Dog Placements for Children can be Created Safely and Effectively Using Rescue Dogs
10 Aug 2012 |
Posted by Patty Dobbs Gross
by Patty Dobbs Gross
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ~ Lucretius
'Marques and North Star's Boots'
Rescuing a child as well as a dog can...
https://habricentral.org/members/1661/blog/2012/08/myth-1-autism-assistance-dog-placements-for-children-can-be-created-safely-and-effectively-using
