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

In The Golden Bridge, Patty Dobbs Gross explains how specially bred and trained dogs facilitate communication for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. This important work is a guide for parents, teachers, and therapists alike, and is written for all those who are dealing with the social, emotional, and educational issues related to raising children with such cognitive challenges. The Golden Bridge explores unique and complex issues inherent in living with autism, training an assistance dog to work with a child with autism or a developmental disability, and using an assistance dog to deal with a child's grief. Myths and labels about autism are explored, examined, and carefully redefined. While focusing on children with autism in The Golden Bridge, Dobbs Gross shares key insights applicable to anyone breeding, raising, training, and working with dogs to mitigate any type of disability at any age. This impressive volume also contains a list of resources for follow-up information, a section on books about autism, and a directory of assistance dog providers.

Author: Patty Dobbs Gross

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Publication Date: Jun 22, 2006

Number of Pages: 251 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 155753408X

ISBN-13: 9781557534088