Please Note
At the current time, our program is able to serve only clients
who are in the immediate area of Greenville, South Carolina.
How does a service dog help with autism?
Assistive-Search-Alert (ASA) dogs increase security, functionality, and independence for children
with autism, according to the provisions outlined in the Americans With Disabilities Act. ASA dogs work
both in the home and in public as members of a team which includes the child's parents. Each job
description is unique, tailored to the individual needs of the family, but generally the work falls into
three broad categories:
Assistance
The dogs can provide logistical safety and more independence in public. A natural byproduct of this
help is greatly reduced conflict between parent and child.
Searching
A trained dog provides an instantly-ready means to locate a child, whether in the home or outside.
Alerting
In a similar way to how a hearing assistance dog would alert a deaf owner to sounds, an ASA dog is
trained to alert a parent to certain activities or situations.
How does a trained dog help teachers and clinicians?
Dogs trained to work in classroom or clinic settings are not "service dogs," but they play an important
role of their own that's impossible to duplicate without their help.
Dogs for Autism has approached dog training with an innovative vision, believing that dogs can do a
far reaching variety of tasks that most people have thought impossible. This willingness to try new
things has opened doors of opportunity to families who thought there was no hope.
Assistive-Search-Alert (ASA) dogs increase security, functionality, and independence for children
with autism, according to the provisions outlined in the Americans With Disabilities Act. ASA dogs work
both in the home and in public as members of a team which includes the child's parents. Each job
description is unique, tailored to the individual needs of the family, but generally the work falls into
three broad categories:
Assistance
The dogs can provide logistical safety and more independence in public. A natural byproduct of this
help is greatly reduced conflict between parent and child.
Searching
A trained dog provides an instantly-ready means to locate a child, whether in the home or outside.
Alerting
In a similar way to how a hearing assistance dog would alert a deaf owner to sounds, an ASA dog is
trained to alert a parent to certain activities or situations.
How does a trained dog help teachers and clinicians?
Dogs trained to work in classroom or clinic settings are not "service dogs," but they play an important
role of their own that's impossible to duplicate without their help.
- Dogs provide 3-dimensional, interactive illustrations of many academic and practical concepts
- Dogs provide the opportunity for a child to participate in giving--not merely receiving--directions
- Dogs often provide intense motivation for children to "work" when other enticements are not
sufficient - Through structured interaction, they can provide at least some benefits of the human-animal
bond to children whose home situations cannot accommodate a dog
Dogs for Autism has approached dog training with an innovative vision, believing that dogs can do a
far reaching variety of tasks that most people have thought impossible. This willingness to try new
things has opened doors of opportunity to families who thought there was no hope.
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