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The
Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound (ADCPS) is
granted nonprofit status under 501(c)(3) from the
Internal Revenue Service (Tax ID Number:
91-2080563).
ADCPS is also
registered with the State of Washington as an
Exempt Charitable Organization (Number:
24995).
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These Dates - September 25 and 26, 2010!!
In September, 2010,
the Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound and the International
Association of Assistance Dog Partners (IAADP) will join in
partnership to present a two-day conference. This year's
conference will follow the path of those that we have
organized in the past and in that light the Assistance Dog
Club has an exciting line-up of speakers and topics being
offered to our participants. On Sunday, September 26th we
will feature:
Morning Session 9:00 - 11:30
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Karen
Overall DVM, Veterinary Behaviorist:
Treating
Aggression in a Working Assistance
Dog
Dr.
Karen Overall received her BA and MA degrees
concomitantly from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1978. After a year spent at the Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute in Panama she was
awarded her VMD from the University of
Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine in
1983. Dr. Overall attended graduate school at the
University of Wisconsin - Madison where her PhD in
Zoology was awarded for research focusing on mating
systems and egg physiology of a protected lizard.
She completed a residency in Behavioral Medicine at
Penn in 1989. She is a Diplomate of the American
College of Veterinary Behavior (ACVB) and is
certified by the Animal Behavior Society (ABS) as
an Applied Animal Behaviorist.
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Lunch Discussions - 12:00 - 1:00
Lunch round tables will
include topics such as Grief, Service dogs for
persons with PTSD, Ways to document the training of
an assistance dog and Ways for family and Friends
to support the assistance dog team.
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Afternoon Session 1:30
- 4:00
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Don Brandon, Project
Director, Northwest Disability and Business
Technical Assistance Center:
Assistance Dogs in the Workplace: Rights and Responsibilities.
Don initiated the farthest north independent living center with Access Alaska in 1984 and served as Assistant Director of Programs at the Hawaii Independent Living Center. He served as the ADA Coordinator and Affirmative Action Officer for the University of Alaska and was serving as the Alaska State ADA Coordinator prior to working for CCER/DBTAC.
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The cost of the ADC conference on Sunday, September 26 will be $45.00 which includes lunch. Deadline for the receipt of all registration forms was Sunday, August 24, 2010. Registration has now closed.
The two-day conference will
be held at the Embassy Suites Seattle Tacoma
International Airport.
Fully accessible rooms are
limited. If you wish to make your reservations
early you can do so at this link:
Embassy Suites Hilton
ACCESS:
Disabled persons with assistance dogs in training
and puppy raisers do NOT have legal access rights
in the State of Washington. The hotel does permit
pets but there is a pet fee for overnight
guests.This pet fee is waived for assistance dog
teams.
INFORMATION
ABOUT THE IAADP SATURDAY, SEPT. 25th CONFERENCE
DAY CAN BE FOUND AT: www.iaadp.org.
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Contact Us
The Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound can be reached by e-mailing assist_dog_club@hotmail.com
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The Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis covered by local law. If any person is in need of special assistance due to a disability or accommodation for a disability, please contact us at <assist_dog_club@hotmail.com>.
We welcome you to the Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound
and encourage you to get to know us by visiting the links
below.
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