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Nursing Students with Disabilities: A Guide to Providing Accommodations
Contributor(s):: Lucas, L. S., Silbert-Flagg, J., D'Aoust, R. F.
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Assistance dogs in russia: Legal environment review and perspectives
Contributor(s):: Sedova, Polina
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Loving Angel Service Dogs
We are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization located in St. George, Utah dedicated to enhancing peoples’ lives by placing service dogs with children and adults who have disabilities - including veterans of the United States military.
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Understanding the participation outcomes for persons with disability when partnered with assistance dogs: A scoping review
| Contributor(s):: Futeran, N., Mackenzie, L., Wilkes-Gillan, S., Dickson, C.
INTRODUCTION: Assistance dogs are trained to support persons living with disability and mitigate limitations that hinder their participation in everyday activities. Despite participation being a frequent challenge for people with disabilities, evidence linking assistance dog provision to improved...
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Service Animals in Elementary Classrooms: Examining Educator and Family Perspectives of a Working Service Animal in an Elementary Classroom
| Contributor(s):: Jenna Falldorf
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990 by President Bush. Although the ADA includes laws about public access rights for people with disabilities and their service animals, many schools are reluctant to have service animals (that are partnered with children with...
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The Avon Centre
The Avon Riding Centre was founded by Stella Saywell, one of the first physiotherapists that were involved in therapeutic riding even before the formation of the Riding for the Disabled Association in 1969.
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Interactions between the Public and Assistance Dog Handlers and Trainers
| Contributor(s):: McManus, B., Good, G., Yeung, P.
This research aimed to explore the experiences of handlers and trainers of disability assistance dogs in terms of the types of interactions they had with members of the Aotearoa NZ (NZ) public and how these interactions were perceived, interpreted, and managed. A qualitative method, guided by...
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Puppy Prodigies
We are an innovative 501(c)3 non-profit organization in San Diego county which helps puppies achieve their full potential, thereby enriching the lives of those they assist. The mission of Puppy Prodigies is to provide unique initiatives that utilize service, therapy and emotional support...
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Emotional support animals: A framework for clinical decision-making
| Contributor(s):: Ferrell, Jillian, Crowley, Susan L.
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Dogs for Invisible Disabilities
Dogs for Invisible Disabilities was founded to help people with invisible disabilities train their own dog as a Service Dog.
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Fake Service Dogs: Leading by Example
| Contributor(s):: Joshua Ferguson
This qualitative research examines public awareness pertaining to the protocols surrounding service dogs and their handlers, known collectively as the service team. The use of service dogs has been on the increase as more people discover the benefits provided by service dogs. The increase in...
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Diary of A Service Dog (Dropout)
| Contributor(s):: Kristen An Horton, Heidi Anne Horton Pittman
My name is Granger. I am a Labrador Retriever. I want to be a service dog. It is not always easy. This is my story. (Human's note: The most important take away is that the public, children and adults, need to learn how to not interact with service dogs. As Granger says, “I’m...
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A Scoping Review of the Benefits and Challenges of Using Service Dogs for Finding and Maintaining Employment
| Contributor(s):: Lindsay, S., Thiyagarajah, K.
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Federal, state, and institutional regulations regarding a nursing student with a service animal
| Contributor(s):: Shilling, S. D., Lucas, L., Silbert-Flagg, J., Nolan, M. T.
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Paws Assisting Veterans (PAVE)
Paws Assisting Veterans is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Veterans suffering from mental and/or physical disabilities through trained service dogs, empowering them and their families to achieve lifelong successes and to pave their way home....
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Top Dogg K9 Foundation (TDK9)
TDK9 is meeting the critical needs of disabled veteran families and local communities. Our mission is to reduce the number of military families that are impacted by suicide due to mental illness each year. TDK9 Foundation stands on the principle that Veterans Deserve Outstanding Generosity and...
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Canine Guardians
Canine Guardians is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, fully volunteer, donation-based organization in the beautiful Napa Valley. We raise and train and provide service dogs to assist and enrich the daily lives of wounded American veterans and veterans with PTSD , children and adults with physical...
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Barriers to inclusion: Service dog handlers in science laboratories
| Contributor(s):: Ramp, J., Parker, C. G., Rhodes, J. S., Malik, P.
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1st Responder Canine (FRK9)
1St Responder Canine (FRK9) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides purpose bred Service Dogs to First Responders that have incurred life altering injuries to include: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injuries...
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Preparing for a student with a service animal
| Contributor(s):: Silbert-Flagg, J., Shilling, S. D., Lucas, L., Nolan, M. T., Lin, L., Bellefeuille, P., Foley, M., Mallareddy, D., Baker, D., D'Aoust, R.