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Alphabee
Suite 101, 81 The East Mall
Etobicoke, ON
M8Z 5W3
Telephone : 416-622-9979
E-mail : info@alphabee.com
Website : www.alphabee.com
 Offers ABA program with emphasis on verbal behaviour, discrete trial training, natural environment teaching, errorless approach. Also offers respite, march break and summer day camp programs, recreation/social skills programs for children with ASD.
Autism Dog Services
139 Hewat Street
Cambridge, ON
N3H 4H2
Telephone : 519-721-1068
E-mail : info@autismdogservices.ca
Website : www.autismdogservices.ca
 Autism Dog Services is committed to enabling children with autism and enriching their lives by providing them with highly-trained service and therapy dogs.
Autism Dog Services
139 Hewat Street
Cambridge, ON
N3H 4H2
Telephone : 519-721-1068
E-mail : info@autismdogservices.ca
Website : www.autismdogservices.ca
 Autism Dog Services is committed to enabling children with autism and enriching their lives by providing them with highly trained service and therapy dogs.
Autism Dog Services
1488 2nd Concession Rd. W.
Lynden, ON
L0R 1T0
Telephone : 519-721-1068
E-mail : info@autismdogservices.ca
Website : www.autismdogservices.ca
 Autism Dog Services fosters the integration of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and related disorders by training, placing and supporting service dogs that offer safety, companionship and independence to children between the ages of 4 and 18 years of age living in the province of Ontario. The service dog acts as a physical and emotional anchor, thus enhancing the quality of life of the child with autism.
Dog Guides Canada-Autism Assistance Dog Guide Program
PO Box 907
Oakville, ON
L6J 5E8
Telephone : 905-842-2891
Website : www.dogguides.com
 Dog Guides Canada is an organization whose mission is to provide service to people with disabilities in the areas of mobility, safety and independence. In September 2009, we will be officially launching a 5th program, Autism Assistance Dog Guides, to assist children who have autism. Dog Guides Canada has been in operation for 25 years and is a stable and well respected organization. We are the largest guide dog school in Canada, experiencing positive and continuous growth. We have a very skilled staff compliment in all areas of the business as well as an excellent 3 year Professional Apprenticeship Program in place for dog trainers. Both Chris and Heather Fowler, who met and married 15 years ago while co founding the very first autism service dog program of its kind in the world, have tremendously enjoyed personally helping over 300 families and many schools worldwide to train dogs to assist families living with autism. Their guidance and expertise will make a tremendous difference in the advancement of this program, and in the lives of many children with autism. Properly trained and certified Autism Assistance Dog Guides have been proven to : • Increase safety levels and alleviate the bolting behaviours common in children with autism. • Improve a child’s socialization Peers will approach a child with autism and ask questions about the dog, where as they may not have been approached before. • Expand a child’s capabilities to experience more of life and to grow • Calm children thereby giving them an increased attention span and a greater aptitude for learning. • Improve a child’s behaviour skills by keeping them seated at a table in a restaurant or calm them under the table, and helping keep children in their seats or circle time at school. Some children lie on the dogs or stroke the dogs, which seems to calm them further. • Create freedoms for the child and family members to go out of the house safely and confidently - TOGETHER. Many families in this situation split the family outings; one will stay with the child that has autism while the other family members do an activity or errand. Having a Dog Guide will allow them to go out in public together, and may in turn decrease the rumored divorce rate of parents that have children with autism of 80%. Specially selected Labrador and Golden Retrievers complete a 14 month canine training program and are then ready for Team Training. The Autism Assistance Dog Guides Team Training program works in two stages. First, the parents of the child come to stay at our training centre for a 5-day intensive training session. The child does not attend this portion. Parents are introduced to their new Dog Guide and learn how to handle the dog and maintain its training and overall health. In the weeks following stage one, a trainer will visit the families in their hometown for an additional 5 days of training. During this time the dogs are tethered to the child for the first time and parents learn how to work with the dog and child in public and the aspect of increased safety and independence are realized. This marks the beginning of a beautiful relationship between child and dog that will only strengthen in the months and years to come. The trainers work with the team to ensure that all requirements are met and that all certification tests are completed and passed. Follow-up visits and support are available on an on-going basis. Dog Guides Canada is a fully accredited member of the International Guide Dog Federation, Assistance Dogs International and a founding member of the Canadian Association of Guide and Assistance Dogs Schools.
National Service Dogs
PO Box 28009 PPO
Cambridge, ON
N3H 5N4
Telephone : 519-623-4188
E-mail : info@nsd.on.ca
Website : www.nsd.on.ca
 National Service Dogs provides specially trained Labrador and golden retrievers to help children and families navigate through the world of autism. National Service Dogs (NSD) has proven that properly trained and certified autism service dogs can: increase safety levels and alleviate the bolting behaviours common in children with autism by acting as an anchor when tethered to the child improve a child’s socialization and behavior skills by breaking through social barriers and opening the door to communication create freedoms for the child and family members to go out of the house safely and confidently expand a child’s capabilities to experience more of life and to grow suppress behavioural outbursts in children, giving them an increased attention span and a greater aptitude for learning
National Service Dogs
1286 Cedar Creek Rd
Cambridge, ON
N1R 5S5
Telephone : 519-623-4188
E-mail : info@nsd.on.ca
Website : www.nsd.on.ca
 National Service Dogs (NSD) has proven that properly trained and certified autism service dogs can: increase safety and alleviate the bolting behaviours common in children with autism by acting as an anchor when tethered to the child, improve a child’s socialization and behavior skills by breaking through social barriers and opening the door to communication, create freedoms for the child and family members to go out of the house safely and confidently, expand a child’s capabilities to experience more of life and to grow, suppress behavioural outbursts in children, giving them an increased attention span and a greater aptitude for learning