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CHAAPS offers educational and therapeutic programs with
purposeful
and focused activities. These Activities accomplish
the following:
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Grooming -Fine motor skills: Develop strength,
coordination and precision of the small muscles in the hands.
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Obedience -Social skills: Develop skills for listening
and following directions, expressive and receptive communication
and interacting with others.
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Agility -Gross motor skills: Develop strength,
coordination and endurance of the whole body.
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Education -Cognitive skills: Learn concept development,
sequencing, literacy and numeric skills.
Clients of all ages benefit from these structured programs;
toddlers to
seniors enjoy doing simple activities such as stroking and
grooming the
dog to more complex activities of combining skills and tasks. The
activities can be done with individual clients or as a group
session. Our
sessions are done both indoors and outdoors.
In our dog programs our instructors collaborate with other
professionals
such as: Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists,
Early Childhood
Educators, Social Workers, Teachers, Mental Health
Clinicians, Speech
Pathologists and Parents in order to create an
individualized program
with client specific goals.
All of the dogs have Handlers and are Temperament Tested to ensure
safety!
"Happiness is a warm puppy."
Charles Schulz
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