With our program, Warriors don’t just learn how to “use” their Service Dog, they learn how and why their dog is behaving the way it is and how to address various situations with their dog in real-life situations. Each Handler also will learn about the laws related to Service Dogs an...
The clinician raters were blinded to the study topic (service dogs), design, timing (baseline or follow-up), and condition allocation (intervention or control). The CAPS-5 raters were clinical psychology doctoral students trained by an experienced US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinician ...
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medications to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and runs apilot program involving service dogs. The VA can prescribe service dogs to certain veterans diagnosed with a visual, hearing or substantial mobility impairment, in...
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This paper details the results of a control group, pre-and-post pilot investigation evaluating the use of a 14-week service dog training program for veterans in central Florida. Thirty veterans diagnosed with PTSD, 15 in the intervention group and 15 in the waitlist controlled group, completed...
After eight years of service, however, Dee was ready for retirement. So, Vincent’s wife, Julie, helped him apply for a new service dog through IOWA Service Dogs — and Doc entered the family. For his part, Shirley served as a firefighter and paramedic for the City of Des Moines for ...
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and having to praise the animals helps traumatized veterans overcome emotional numbness. Teaching the dogs service commands develops a patient’s ability to communicate, to be assertive but not aggressive, a distinction some struggle with. The dogs can also assuage the hypervigilance common in vets ...
Trainers teach the service dogs how to keep veterans comfortable in public. "A lot of our clients are uncomfortable in large crowd settings, so having the dog behind them like this creates more space for them," McGuire said. "Just from the few weeks that I've had her, I can honestly ...