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selecting and training assistance dogs for children with social, emotional, and educational challenges
The journey home -- The golden bridge -- Diary of an autistic mother -- Zen and the art of understanding autism -- Life as a computer -- Assistance dogs and children with autism -- Raising your north star -- Choosing your companion -- Charting your course -- Raising a dog for search and rescue -- Raising a dog for seizure alert and response -- Raising a dog to help a child who suffers a loss -- The possibilities of partnership -- From puppy with potential to autism assistance dog -- Ethical use of assistance dogs -- Selecting a puppy to work with a child -- Right from the start -- Puppy socialization -- Puppies -- Raising piper : training an assistance dog for a child with a developmental disability -- Taming the teenage assistance dog -- A mother's letter to her son -- Training an assistance dog for public access -- The evolution of a professional therapy dog handler : roles and goals for success -- Dustin's paw : including an assistance dog in the classroom -- Home before dark -- The path less traveled -- Harmony revisited -- Parting thoughts -- Appendix : choosing an assistance dog organization or trainer.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-246) and index.