Service Dog/Child with autisum

[Dynamic1]

I know just enough to be dangerous on this subject but from what I have heard from a behavioral psychologist friend and former boss of mine is that he has observed mixed results. The best outcomes from the service dogs has been when the dog is trained specifically for a certain child and where one or two weaknesses of the child are focused on. It's not a cure every problem type deal but can help. Also be careful of organizations that might be more focused on emotions and happy feelings versus those that get results.

I worked with autistic children for 10 years. I utilized my dogs all the time, but in various ways depending on the kiddo. The dogs helped as a small part of the mammoth effort of the parents, teachers, family, friends, doctors, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and my staff (behaviorists), and others to benefit the child in a collaborated effort.

[mrduxs]

I just want to share this . This is Noah. He will be 5 in September. Is mostly no verbal. May parents measure their children's height with marks/dates on a door/wall. Noah has no issues with height or weight. Lol. What we do is mark down the date and the word he says on our pantry door. Today date he has said 20 works. He struggle with night terror's. Large crowds/notices/and when the barometric pressure goes high.