HOLISTIC HEALTH MODEL
AUDEAMUS Service Dog has incorporated the concept of the One World Health of multiple practices for one’s optimal health around a person, animal and the environment being considered together to heal a person.
AUDEAMUS Service Dogs’ training intake is centered around connection initially through pre-learning lessons with initial in-person training in a rural environment that is the starting place to connect to the new partner – service dog and in turn develop connections to other experiencing the same struggles and have the same understandings.
The diagram above depicts our program.
Spirituals Connections - the belief in something greater,
Biological Health - Physical Activity,
Social Emotional Supports- connection and belonging,
Psychological Health - Support and communication.
This approach has threads throughout our entire program in learning and understanding to improve the lives of the handlers involved. A key component has been the incorporation of centering a training program for a handler to specially train their service dog in relation to the human animal bond to required skills and tasks.
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There is a meaningful interaction that occurs through our strategy of pairing a dog with minimal training with an injured person so that the handler with the aid of the AUDEAMUS team determines the specific skills that impacts and benefits them individually.
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AUDEAMUS Service Dogs’ approach through the four above components play a profound role in connection, developing or regaining feeling, healing and being present/safe occurs through the connective of the nonjudgement of a dog that just wants to open their heart to the injured handler.