after-school registration

Spring 2010

(Please note: ADW does not yet have information the Summer 2010 program. That information will be posted as soon as we have locations and times confirmed.)

Dear Students and Parents:

Assistance Dogs of the West Spring 2010 After School Assistance Dog Student Trainer Classes begin again the week of January 4, 2010.

Middle and high school students, ages 8 to 18, have been having fun and developing leadership skills while helping train ADW dogs for people with disabilities since 1995. In our classes, students learn some very important and useful lessons through working with dogs. Here’s a short list of the skills and abilities student trainers learn and develop in ADW assistance dog training classes:

• Dog/Human Relationships: Consistency Builds Trust
• Basic Obedience Training: Use of the Positive
• Dog Behavior in Public: Dog Socialization
• Basic Commands for Assistance Dogs: What Assistance Dogs do for People
with Disabilities
• Differing Ability Awareness: Learn About Our Clients
• Building Loving Relationships and Letting Go: Emotional Growth
• Community Service: How We Help Others
• Communication Skills: Clarity, Self Advocacy, Assertiveness

Spring 2010 After School Assistance Dog Student Trainer classes begin Monday, January 4th in Albuquerque, and Wednesday, January 6th in Santa Fe. (Monday classes at Rio Grande Elementary School in Santa Fe begin January 11th.)

Please see the registration forms for specific class times and costs. There are two federal holidays this semester: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, on Monday, January 18th and Presidents’ Day on Monday, February 15th. There will be no classes on these days nor during Spring Break week for ADW which is March 8th through March 12th.

REGISTRATION FORMS AND PAYMENT SHOULD BE MAILED TO:

Assistance Dogs of the West

P.O. Box 31027

Santa Fe, NM 87594

Please DO NOT take the registration forms to the schools. We will not guarantee that a space has been reserved for your student unless the forms are received in our office.

Class sizes are small and space is limited. Please call the ADW office at 505-986-9748 or email info@assistancedogsofthewest.org if you have any questions.

We hope to see you in an ADW After School class this spring!

SANTA FE After School Registration Forms

ALBUQUERQUE After School Registration Forms
*Wednesday class at the Jewish Community Center is full*

Scholarships: Assistance Dogs of the West has limited scholarships for students whose families are in need of financial assistance. Please note that these funds are extremely limited, and offered (when available) on an as-need basis.  If you would like to request financial aid, please fill out the ADW Scholarship Application.