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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 -
11:00
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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 - 11:30 -
1:30
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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REGISTRATION
The cost of the ADC
conference on Sunday, September 26 will be $45.00
which includes lunch. Registration forms will be
available soon. If you need additional information,
contact us at <assist_dog_club@hotmail.com>
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:
http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/SEATUES-IAA-20100921/index.jhtml
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.
CEU
The
ADC Conference has been approved for CEU credit by
the Certification Council for Professional Dog
Trainers.
IAADP
Information about the IAADP Saturday, Sept.
25th Conference day can be found at:
www.iaadp.org.
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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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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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