Certified through the Delta Societies, Pet Partners Program. Bubba has logged over 500 hours working with patients. I am most interested in educating the therapist actually working with clients who are disabled, and could be assisted by a service animal, and clients who would benefit from the use of animals in their therapy.
Most people know about guide, hearing, and maybe mobility dogs.
Few are aware of animals trained to alert to, an on coming medical crisis, seizures, low or high blood sugar, and animals trained to respond to medical crisis. I was asked if a dog could be trained to help an infant with hypoglycemia, by a Physical Therapist, last week. We know animals can alert to low blood sugar for diabetics, so it certainly seems possible. Being disabled myself, I have learned about so many disabilities animals can be trained to assist. They are now, also being used with people with mental illnesses.