Pawws to heal is an organization
which supports and helps children who have been abused and have physical disabilities. Pawws to heal is an interactive animal
therapy organization which provides therapists, with the assistance of animals,
to help and improve the lives of children.
The goal is to use animals to
help achieve positive goals for each child whose coping with a form of abuse or
a physical disability. This organization
is currently an outreach program located in Wisconsin, but has a vision of
having an on-site facility which would have therapist and many different animals
for children to interact with during therapy.
The organization has five animals
which are used in animal assisted therapy.
Two dogs which are named Winnie and Jillian are used in therapy, as well
as Pheonix the parrot. Two cats named
Ziggie and Marley are also used as assistance to the therapists. The founder of
this animal assisted therapy was Roxy, a dog whose battle with cancer ended in
2011. Having these animals present during the therapy sessions with the children
has shown to lower anxiety levels.
The videos located on the website, shows
the great results and benefits children have had through the use of animal
assisted therapy. The videos are definitely worth a look!!
http://www.pawwstoheal.org/
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