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Neurodivergence & Dog Training Part 3: Creating a Neurodivergent-Affirming World

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Neurodivergence & Dog Training Welcome to the final installment of our three-part series on neurodiversity. In Part 1 we explored what neurodivergence means and why it matters. In Part 2 we got practical, looking at flexible and client-centered approaches to training. Here in Part 3 we zoom out to the bigger picture: what does it actually look like to … Read more

Neurodivergence & Dog Training Part 2: Flexible, Client-Centered Approaches to Training

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How Do You Train in a Way That Works for Every Neurodivergent Client? Welcome back to Part 2 of our three-part blog series on neurodiversity! In Part 1, we explored what it means to be neurodivergent, challenged some common misconceptions, and heard from Atlas trainers and clients about why building a more inclusive training world matters. … Read more

What I learned as an Atlas Assistance Dogs Summer Intern

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If I had to sum up my Atlas internship experience in three words, they would be listening, learning, and growing. I was born profoundly deaf and hear using cochlear implants. Growing up, I had been asked multiple times if I ever wanted a service dog. I always shook my head no and quickly mentioned a … Read more

Educating People About what Service Dogs can do: My experience as an Atlas Summer Intern

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This was the second year in a row we had the pleasure of welcoming a summer intern from Princeton University. Throughout her internship with us, Hailey worked on a variety of key projects related to education and outreach. She was driven, creative, professional and clearly cared deeply about both the work she was doing as … Read more

5 Tips to Setting Realistic Goals When Training Your Own Service Dog

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Training your own service dog is by no means an easy feat. It takes time, consistency, patience, and a lot of compassion towards yourself and your dog. There will be great days where you see huge strides in your dog’s training, and there will be hard days too. To ease training frustration and better see … Read more

National Service Dog Month and Doctor Dogs

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September is National Service Dog Month, a time devoted to raising awareness and celebrating the extraordinary work service dogs do every day for their human partners. Atlas Assistance Dogs gets to see every day how much of an impact these four-legged heroes can have in the lives of their disabled handlers. There are many types of service … Read more

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