The Golden Bridge: A Guide to Assistance Dogs for Children Challenged by Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities (New Discoveries in the Human-animal Bond) - Softcover

Gross, Patty Dobbs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155753408X ISBN 13: 9781557534088

Verlag: Purdue University Press, 2006

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In The Golden Bridge, Patty Dobbs Gross explains how specially bred and trained dogs facilitate communication for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. This important work is a guide for parents, teachers, andtherapists alike, and is written for all those who are dealing with the social, emotional, and educational issues related to raising children with such cognitive challenges. The Golden Bridge explores unique and complex issues inherent in living with autism, training an assistance dog to work with a child with autism or a developmental disability, and using an assistance dog to deal with a child’s grief. Myths and labels about autism are explored, examined, and carefully redefined. While focusing on children with autism in The Golden Bridge, Dobbs Gross shares key insights applicable to anyone breeding, raising, training, and working with dogs to mitigate any type of disability at any age. This impressive volume also contains a list of resources for follow-up information, a section on books about autism, and a directory of assistance dog providers.

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Patty Dobbs Gross, the Executive Director of The North Star Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to place high quality assistance dogs with children who face special challenges at an affordable price, is an approved service animal consultant. Patty earned her BA from the University of Massachusetts in Psychology and her Master's degree from the University of New Hampshire in writing; she is both a published author (Dancing in the Rain) as well as an award winning producer of television programs (Northern Lights & Raising Your North Star) that document the groundbreaking work being accomplished at North Star. Patty has compiled research on canine behavioral genetics, Animal-Assisted Therapy and children with autism.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Purdue University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 155753408X
• ISBN 13: 9781557534088
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264
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