Healing Companions
Ordinary Dogs Transforming Lives
Healing Companions, Inc. is proud to say that over the months and years since 2001 we have attended and presented at hundreds of events, small and large, in an effort to educate the public about the possibilities of Psychiatric Service Dogs in treating people with mental illness. Feel free to browse some of our previous events. If you do not see an upcoming event here, that does not mean we are not working on our next one!
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Psychiatric Service Dogs: Giving Comfort, Courage to Heal
February 18, 2011 @ 12:00 am
In the way guide dogs help the blind, psychiatric service dogs help people with emotional and psychological disorders navigate through life. Participants will learn to define acronyms and terms used with service, therapy and assistance dogs. Discussion and conditions that determine patient qualifications, legal and psychiatric for PSD and how it applies for someone being qualified for a PSD. There will be examples and discussion of options and possibilities of specific tasks based on the individuals needs with demonstration and video demonstration.
Fee: $65 or $70 at the door. Continuing education credits available; see MSASS web site for details.
