This Able Veteran
This Able Veteran is a nonprofit in Carbondale, Illinois that pairs U.S. military veterans living with PTSD with custom-trained service dogs. Veterans come for a free three-week Trauma Resiliency Program that teaches coping skills and matches them with a dog trained to sense and ease anxiety, nightmares, and panic. They also run training academies for people who want to learn to train service dogs.
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This Able Veteran's Trauma Resiliency Program is a three-week, partnership-building training program that pairs veterans with service dogs to help them understand the physiological mechanisms of... Main Services daily life skills understand mental health support & service animals Serving adults young adults seniors veterans individuals trauma survivors depression anxiety ptsd
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What they offer 3
- Recently verified· Jun 24
Trauma Resiliency ProgramProgram
A three-week residential program that teaches veterans with PTSD how the condition works plus coping and life skills, and pairs each veteran with a trained service dog.
- Recently verified· Jun 24
PTSD Service Dog MatchingService
Veterans graduate paired with a custom-trained service dog that recognizes early signs of nightmares, anxiety, anger, or depression and intervenes to soothe and refocus its partner.
- Recently verified· Jun 24
Service Dog Training Academies (Essentials Course & Master Class)Program
Training academies that teach people the skills to train service dogs, offered as an Essentials Course and a more advanced Master Class.
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