Companionship

Compassionate Paws Dogs are placed at a young age because it is the difference between an earlier or delayed placement that has the potential to influence success of bonding between the child and the dog.

Support

We take a family-based approach when working with children affected with Autism and other Developmental Disabilities. The entire family unit of a child with Autism needs to be a part of any effective therapy that is to take place.

Service

Our program is custom created to each client — taking into account both the individual’s needs and specific abilities along with the needs of the family unit.

Safety

We strive to meet the child’s social, emotional and educational goals through the use of well trained Service Animal. Compassionate Paws Dogs pay attention to the cues every member of the family gives out, they behave as if it is their job to try to help their family in any way they can to be healthy, happy and safe.

Structure

Through knowledge of how natural development for both children and dogs occur, the philosophy of training the Compassionate Paws dog and the timetable for placement has to be tailored to the unique needs of the child they will be partnered with.

Security

A Compassionate Paws dog has a job description that is created and refined in the many interactions between the dog, child and family unit. Through this means we are creating the mold in teaching the child empathy and a social connection within his/her family inside of a world that can be confusing and frustrating in the eyes of any child.

Patience

Compassionate Paws Dogs are trained through the use of positive reinforcement using errorless training methods and simple hand signals. Any potential negative experience is re-directed into a positive experience for the dog providing them a positive situation that they will not want to forget instead of one that they are afraid to challenge.