Recreation Pets Animal Assisted Therapy Crisis Support
Animal Assisted Crisis Response - Dog and handler teams assist in the safe effective emotional rescue, recovery, and on-going support for victims and responders affected by crisis and disaster
Disaster Relief Dogs - Therapy Dogs assisted families and relief workers following 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Other examples from September 11. Includes a poem. Therapy Dogs International (TDI) is preparing training and testing standards.
Good Dog Foundation - This local pet therapy group worked disaster relief following September 11 and is preparing for future needs.
K-9 Disaster Relief - This non-profit organization works with national, state, and local crisis and disaster relief agencies as well as the academic community. It sponsors and hosts conferences, seminars and presentations on Canine Crisis Intervention. Articles on several aspects of this work.
Seeking Creature Comfort in Crisis - Specially trained teams of therapy animals and their handlers helped ease the pain for rescue workers, fire fighters, police, and victims' families after the September 11 attacks. Some traveled from Oregon to help at Ground Zero. [VetCentric]
Vachss - Dogs of the Zero - Good-natured german shepherd worked with abused children and accompanied them into court during trials. Part of the Children's Advocacy Center
Red Cross Sends Crisis Dogs to Virginia Tech - Trained therapy dogs bring emotional support following the killings at Virginia Technical University. (WCAV News) (April 23, 2007)
Woman and Dog Assist in Virginia Tech Grief Counseling - "Tuffy" and her owner are part of a Certified Trauma Response K-9 Team in Massachusetts. They provide support to friends of those killed at Virginia Tech. (WMUR) (April 23, 2007)
California Fires -- Seeing Heart Dogs Offer Cheer - Emotional support dogs and their owners are helping in an evacuation center during the forest fires in southern California. Describes the Hope Crisis Response team training program. [Disaster News Network] (October 26, 2003)
Man's Best Friend Helps WTC Workers - Workers at Ground Zero receive therapy and a grief outlet in the shape of a golden retriever called Nikie - the site's only certified therapy dog. Other dogs helped at the city's family assistance centres. [BBC News] (February 6, 2002)
Tribute to Nikie - Nikie and his handler enabled hundreds of construction laborers and rescue workers to talk about the extraordinary stress of working at ground zero. (February 6, 2002)
Healing Ways of Doctor Dog - Some 100 therapy dogs - Labs, mutts, a borzoi, a basset hound - and three cats worked the family center at Pier 94 following the Twin Towers attack. Other dogs helped the Red Cross to comfort firefighters, police officers, and rescue workers at ground zero. [May not work for all browsers.] [New York Times] (November 28, 2001)
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