Paws 4 Peace

Paws for Peace - Enhancing Restorative Practices with Therapy Dogs, provides a framework and specific guidelines on how to incorporate Therapy Dogs Teams into Restorative Justice practices. It includes information provided by the National Alliance of the Therapy Dogs - a national organization that designates a standard of behavior certification for the dogs and their handlers. The important social and legal differences between Service dogs and Therapy dogs are also outlined in detail....
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Paws for Peace - Enhancing Restorative Practices with Therapy Dogs, provides a framework and specific guidelines on how to incorporate Therapy Dogs Teams into Restorative Justice practices. It includes information provided by the National Alliance of the Therapy Dogs - a national organization that designates a standard of behavior certification for the dogs and their handlers. The important social and legal differences between Service dogs and Therapy dogs are also outlined in detail. Scientific evidence of the connections between dogs and humans - the Human-Animal Bond is explored as well.