ANGEL PAWS Animal Assisted Activities & Therapy

Description

Angel Paws is the 1st & only Animal Assisted Activities & Therapy program in Central Ohio to offer comprehensive, standards based, Therapeutic Health Care Visitation and Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) literacy mentoring program planning, implementation, development, evaluation and community outreach. Carefully screened, trained, evaluated, registered, insured and coordinated animal/handler teams volunteer time and expertise to benefit patients, families, visitors, staff, students and community. A multidisciplinary volunteer governing Board of professionals and advisors from related fields oversees and approves all policies, procedures and activities of the organization. Angel Paws is both a registered Delta Society Pet Partners and Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) affiliate organization, all Angel Paws volunteer teams receive both academic and practical training and all programs follow Delta Society & R.E.A.D. standards of practice. The organization is funded by public contributions.