Dogs Help Kids, Inc.
Georgia Educational Charity
501 (c)(3) Tax Exempt An Animal-Assisted Intervention
Georgia Educational Charity
501 (c)(3) Tax Exempt An Animal-Assisted Intervention
Dogs Help Kids, Inc. is an animal-assisted intervention provider assisting school staff with their children with developmental delays or on the autism spectrum. Animal-Assisted Intervention, or AAI, within the school incorporates a trained dog into the preplanned lesson plans and behavior goals of individual children. AAI works most effectively as the dog-educator team works one-on-one with each child.
Over the years we have followed a strict protocol of testing for the temperament, health, and genetics of our dogs. All of our dogs are recorded with AKC and OFA under the kennel name Heartlivestock's. You can view our Great Pyrenees dogs at www.great-pyrenees.net
Dogs Help Kids, Inc. advisory board consists of a group of professional educators, veterinarians, and two legal consultants. We are currently exploring data collecting options to continue building a scientific foundation for AAI on evidence-based best practices.
As a retired teacher, it is my belief that every primary level school needs their own animal-assisted intervention program. At the top of our mission priorities is the improvement thereby of children's literacy and behavior. All of the work that we do is on a volunteer basis.
Many school faculty members nationally and internationally agree that a trained dog helps to create positive change in the areas of academic performance and behavioral modification. There are many examples of AAI success stories; We are redesigning our site for easier access, but for now you can view these examples on our "AAI Worldwide" link. See also the page bottom of the following link from our facility dog site at http://www.facilitydogs.org/Lesson_ideas.html.
Jeannie Bolstridge, Founder
Fitzgerald, Georgia
View our current schedule here: www.readdogs.org
Email us at:
info@dogshelpkids.org
(Our nonprofit was previously registered as Read to Dogs Inc.)
We have a new community support site. Our organization coordinates local gathering places for special children, their parents, teachers, health care professions, and community friends at the following address: www.sensoryfriendly.org.
Over the years we have followed a strict protocol of testing for the temperament, health, and genetics of our dogs. All of our dogs are recorded with AKC and OFA under the kennel name Heartlivestock's. You can view our Great Pyrenees dogs at www.great-pyrenees.net
Dogs Help Kids, Inc. advisory board consists of a group of professional educators, veterinarians, and two legal consultants. We are currently exploring data collecting options to continue building a scientific foundation for AAI on evidence-based best practices.
As a retired teacher, it is my belief that every primary level school needs their own animal-assisted intervention program. At the top of our mission priorities is the improvement thereby of children's literacy and behavior. All of the work that we do is on a volunteer basis.
Many school faculty members nationally and internationally agree that a trained dog helps to create positive change in the areas of academic performance and behavioral modification. There are many examples of AAI success stories; We are redesigning our site for easier access, but for now you can view these examples on our "AAI Worldwide" link. See also the page bottom of the following link from our facility dog site at http://www.facilitydogs.org/Lesson_ideas.html.
Jeannie Bolstridge, Founder
Fitzgerald, Georgia
View our current schedule here: www.readdogs.org
Email us at:
info@dogshelpkids.org
(Our nonprofit was previously registered as Read to Dogs Inc.)
We have a new community support site. Our organization coordinates local gathering places for special children, their parents, teachers, health care professions, and community friends at the following address: www.sensoryfriendly.org.
