Signal Dogs offered at Dogs for Better Lives
10175 Wheeler Road, Central Point, OR 97502
Dogs are brought to the person's home for placement after complete screening process.
Eligibility
Any person who is deaf or severely hard-of-hearing in the United States, who is 18 years of age or older, and who can assume total responsibility for an animal.
Level of hearing loss will be reviewed by the Placement Screening Committee (panel of audiologists and related professionals).
There can be no other dogs in the household.
The program only uses dogs rescued from animal shelters throughout the western United States in addition to a small breeding program for larger dogs.
Autism Assistance Dogs are for those that currently live in the states of Oregon, Washington and California and are between 4-8 years of age.
Facility Dogs are for full-time professionals such as physicians, teachers, counselors and licensed therapists or volunteers.
Hours
9am to 2pm from Monday through Friday
(800) 990-3647
Voice
Email[email protected]
Application process
Visit the website to fill out an application.
When the completed application is received, the placement screening committee reviews the medical information(Audiogram reflecting current level of hearing loss).
After an in-home interview, a final determination is made as to whether or not a dog can be of assistance to the applicant.
Qualified applicants go on the waiting list and then are notified when a dog is ready that meets their needs.
The person is notified of the placement date and asked to reserve a week to work with the dog and the trainer who travel to the recipient's home.
Program Assistance Dogs: approval from employer required.
Fees
None.
Service area
US
Other Information
Disabilities & Health Conditions
- Deafness/Hard of Hearing
Payment Options
- Low-Cost/Sliding Scale
Languages
- American Sign Language
Provides Hearing Dogs, Facility Dogs, Autism Assistance Dogs.
Hearing Dogs: alert people to household sounds that are necessary for everyday safety and independence.
They are trained to make physical contact and lead their person to the sound.
Facility Dogs go to work with and better assist full-time professionals such as physicians, teachers, counselors and licensed therapists, or volunteers, in the treatment of and work with their clients who have various disabilities.
Autism Assistance Dogs are trained to work with the parent/guardian and/or caregiver of a child with autism.
Trained dogs can have a calming effect, assists with safety, increases the child's willingness and ability to communicate, improve social skills and reduce autistic behaviors.
Data provided by
Washington 211
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Providing organization
Dogs for Better Lives
Provides professionally trained assistance dogs to persons who are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, for children on the Autism Spectrum, and for professionals such as licensed therapists or school counselors, or volunteers, who work with individuals with special needs