The Golden Bridge

A Guide to Assistance Dogs for Children Challenged by Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities

by Patty Dobbs Gross

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In The Golden Bridge: A Guide to Assistance Dogs for Children Challenged by Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities, Patty Dobbs Gross provides both personal as well as professional advice on how specially bred and trained dogs help to facilitate communication for children with autism and other developmental disabilities.  This important information compendium is a guide for parents raising a child who is on the autism spectrum, with old myths and new research concerning autism explored, examined and redefined. 

While focused on children with developmental differences, the advice that Gross shares will be immensely helpful for anyone involved in breeding, raising, and training a dog to help any child socially, emotionally or educationally.  Seizure alert training, canine behavioral genetics and techniques to help children deal with a loss with the help of an assistance dog are reviewed. 

Patty Dobbs Gross is the Executive Director of North Star Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to place assistance dogs with children who face challenges to help them to meet their social, emotional and educational goals. 

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6 x 9

228 pages

Trade Paper

$24.95

1-55753-408-X