YOUNG PEOPLE AND RAD
HOW DOES RAD HELP YOUNG PEOPLE?
Around 30% of our client base consists of parents and guardians signing up on behalf of a young person. We encourage the young person to undertake the dog training themselves with the supervision of their parent or guardian.
We work with young people to give them independence, teach them a new skill and to empower them in all aspects of their lives and training their own assistance dog. Having an assistance dog can give hope, freedom and autonomy to a young person. It can be life changing for the young person.
Assistance Dogs and schools
RAD Assistance Dogs currently have around 10 dogs going into a school setting with a young handler. We work extensively with the young person, their family and the school to make sure that this is suitable for all involved.
We can help with:
- Creating bespoke risk assessments for the assistance dog and young person.
- Undertaking behavioural assessment on the assistance dog to make sure they are suitable for the school environment
- Visiting the school if required
- Giving and creating presentations to teachers and students
- Giving bespoke training to the assistance dogs and the young person on the school environment
- Creating a phased training programme to ease the dog into the school environment
- Looking and advising on timetables and suitability in a variety of different lessons
The welfare of the assistance dog is paramount to us. Not every assistance dog would be suitable to come into the school environment. We can assess your dog's suitability.
WHAT YOU NEED...
Interested in becoming a client? Before training can start, you'll need to provide legal evidence about you and your dog and complete our application process.
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Ready to become a client? Documents to hand? Fill in your application, a dog behaviour questionnaire and get booked in for an online induction session with one of our team.
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A problem shared is a problem solved. We're here to answer your questions. You can also find out more by taking a look at our FAQ's too.
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RAD Assistance Dogs is the trading name of Recovery Assistance Dogs and is a charity registered in England and Wales | Charity No. 1125395