school for special needs kids and they

have a program with dogs come and visit

kids would all do something a

combination of kids and dogs to me is

like the ultimate pair

yeah hey hey see how are you doing

welcome to the hell break you these are

volunteer lady lightning that's awesome

awesome i'm dr. Jason Bolton I'm the

vice president of programs for the help

group nonprofit organization that works

with kids who are on the autism spectrum

or have emotional challenges or

developmental disabilities dogs are an

amazing tool to be able to use for kids

who had velvet blazer autism dogs

provide a sort of a calming influence

and for kids who have challenges that

state of calmness is really important

because it lets them be ready for

learning

also they develop a bond with the dog

and when kids with autism engage with

dogs they tend to socialize with each

other more

we are so excited for Caesar and Andre

to come by we want to show them what

we're doing with dogs

I know that it will have an impact on

Caesar and Andre as well

ready to go see the first class hero

come on let's go go on this go

guys and I son Andre

hi everyone so guys the dogs have

emotions just like people do so the

first class that we're seeing today and

their students who may have autism but

our by functioning so their cognitive

abilities are in the average range one

of the things that kids with autism may

have difficulty with us recognizing

emotion from others facial features so

they're going to use the dog to say what

can you tell about this dog from looking

at his face and that helps generalize to

humans as well let's take a look at

Bailey tell me about how she is feeling

and how can you tell her mouth is closed

or her ears hanging down

yeah recent research has shown that when

dogs case into your eyes a beneficial

hormone is released in both the animal

and human so interacting with bailey

held these kids to be more calm and

focus which allows them to learn more

easily

alright class so tell me what does

Bailey mean to you guys when you see

Bailey like when he kisses and hugs m

sometimes my name forestry she's JK

someone who comes to me down

excellent guys are all my with a dog

like Bailey in the classroom this

children can learn basic social

interaction skills they can also use

with people

what do you think should be the first

thing you do when you want to pet

somebody's dog Andy a Fiona that's right

that is a very first thing ask the owner

if it is ok