Gold Standard Affiliations
Angel Paws is a registered Delta Society Pet Partners® & Reading Education Assistance Dogs® affiliate organization
Delta Society Pet Partners®
www.DeltaSociety.org
Reading Education Assistance Dogs® (R.E.A.D.®) www.TherapyAnimals.org/R.E.A.D
Reading Education Assistance Dogs® (R.E.A.D.®) www.TherapyAnimals.org/R.E.A.D
"I have managed over 125 different health care facilities in 14 states and Angel Paws is different than any other pet therapy program I have experienced in that your volunteers are highly professional, start to finish. I believe that Angel Paws is a role model for anyone seeking true Animal Assisted Therapy in a health care setting." - John Hughes, Former Owner/Administrator, Flint Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation
DELTA SOCIETY PET PARTNERS®
Angel Paws has been a proud Delta Society Pet Partners® affiliate organization since 2004
DELTA SOCIETY® (changed it's name to Pet Partners in 2012) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of animals to help people improve their health, independence, and quality of life. Delta Society has over 30 years experience researching and implementing safe and effective programs that compliment patient care in a wide variety of health care facilities.
PET PARTNERS® is the largest and only nationally recognized training and registration program for volunteers, professionals, all domestic pets, and facilities participating in AAA/T. All Pet Partners are carefully screened for skills & aptitude every 2 years by a trained and licensed Delta Society pet Partners evaluators and are covered by a $1,000,000. primary liability insurance policy.
PET PARTNERS® is the largest and only nationally recognized training and registration program for volunteers, professionals, all domestic pets, and facilities participating in AAA/T. All Pet Partners are carefully screened for skills & aptitude every 2 years by a trained and licensed Delta Society pet Partners evaluators and are covered by a $1,000,000. primary liability insurance policy.
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* 15 Characteristics of Quality/Questions (and answers) we encourage you to ask of any Therapy Animal Registry or group ...
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* Quick view of the basic differences between Delta Society Pet Partners, TDI, & TDInc.(including testing procedures & “Guidelines for animal-assisted interventions in health care facilities” published by the Association of Professionals in Infection Control)
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READING EDUCATION ASSISTANCE DOGS® (R.E.A.D.®)
Angel Paws has been a proud R.E.A.D.® affiliate organization since 2005.
READING EDUCATION ASSISTANCE DOGS® (R.E.A.D.), founded in 1999, was the first & currently remains the only nationally recognized program to provide comprehensive training & standards based program implementation for volunteers to incorporate the safe and effective use of registered therapy dogs in literacy mentoring sessions. R.E.A.D. carefully planned, researched and implemented at Intermountain Therapy Animals in Salt Lake City, Utah and has helped thousands of children discover the joy of books and improve reading and communication skills by providing an empowering opportunity to read aloud to a true friend who will never judge, criticize, intimidate or ridicule. R.E.A.D. dogs are all trained & registered Therapy animals who volunteer with thier specialy trained owner/handler literacy mentors in schools, libraries and other facilities for children interested in improving their skills - or just having fun!
Thank you to myRegence.com for sharing this wonderful video of our sister R.E.A.D.® program in Seattle, Washington http://www.readingwithrover.org weeblylink_new_window
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