Therapy: Service Animals (Parents/Family Members)

This non-profit organization trains and places quality, task-trained service dogs to children worldwide.

4 Paws was the first agency in the United States to begin placing task trained Autism Assistance Dogs and the first agency known to place these assistance dogs with tracking skills. Assistance Dogs can be trained in a variety of tasks to assist a child. These include behavior disruption, to distract and disrupt repetitive behaviors or ‘meltdowns’, tethering to prevent and protect a child from wandering, and search and rescue tracking to locate a child who has eloped, as children with autism are inclined to do.

Therapies and guidance for children with a variety of special needs from kindergarten through high school.

Services include: individualized assessment of students’ learning styles, teaching functional learning strategies, development of self-respect and self-advocacy skills, and creating home strategies for parents. School consultation is also available.

Additionally, Kaki’s Learning Solutions offers an in-school dog therapy program, where students work with therapy dogs while developing sensory integration, emotional growth, improved communication and social skills, and improved reading and writing skills.

Dedicated to the training and placement of Service and Skilled Companion Animals specific to the needs of children up to the age of 18, in the Northeast Ohio area. Willing to work with families as early in a child’s life as there is a need and an interest. They are driven by belief in early intervention and target training to the highest social, emotional and task specific behavior for each individual child’s benefit.

W.A.G.S. 4 Kids is recognized by all Northeast Ohio County Dog Licensing Agencies as a Service Dog Provider.