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Offers veterans a chance to benefit from an animal by providing: - Training Programs. - Fostering. - Reduced Adoption Fees. Also provides active duty military members with foster care for animals during deployment.

Services

Pet Assisted Therapy
Foster Care/Temporary Shelter for Animals
Pet Care Expense Assistance
Creative Therapies complement traditional talk therapy since many youths find it easier to express their trauma in a way that engages more than just speech. This allows youth in DCFS care to tap into their creative sides while clinical therapists provide individualized treatment, allowing the youth to explore their feelings, manage behaviors, reduce anxiety, and increase self-esteem.

Services

Pet Assisted Therapy
Art Therapy
Wilderness Therapy Programs
Music Therapy
Recreational Therapy

Provides a supportive, trauma-informed space where veterans and first responders can work with dogs on mutual healing and connection. The classes are flexible, stand-alone, and drop-in friendly. The program uses dog training and peer mentorship to help participants develop coping mechanisms and adapt to life's challenges, especially those stemming from service-related experiences. The sessions are structured to be a "no-judgment zone" where participants can feel safe. The program's objective is to cultivate resilience, enhance social-emotional health, and significantly reduce suicide risk for veterans and first responders.

Services

Pet Assisted Therapy

Offers therapy that uses animals to treat patients emotionally and physically. The therapy is very effective in treating veterans, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral issues, depression, anxiety, attachment issues, and numerous other common concerns of clients.

Offers a range of services, including:

-- Behavioral health assessment and treatment planning.

-- Individual therapy.

-- Family/marital/couples therapy.

-- Divorce mediation.

-- Divorce transition assistance for parents and children.

-- Group therapy.

-- Psychological assessment.

-- Crisis services.

-- Substance abuse prevention and education.

-- Pet therapy.

-- Home visiting program for children who are exhibiting behavior health concerns.

-- Outpatient behavioral health care.

-- Parenting education.

-- Psychiatry services.

Telehealth appointments are available.

Services

General Psychiatry
Telemental Health
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Pet Assisted Therapy
Mental Health Evaluation
In Person Crisis Intervention
Case/Care Management
Mental Health Drop In Centers
Home Based Mental Health Services
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Divorce Counseling
Marriage and Relationships Counseling
Family Life Education
Substance Use Disorder Intervention Programs
The Shirley Ryan Abilitylab's Animal-assisted Therapy (AAT) facilitates positive changes in a broad spectrum of therapeutic settings.
Therapy that uses animals to treat patients emotionally and physically. The therapy is very effective in treating veterans, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral issues, depression, anxiety, attachment issues, and numerous other common concerns of clients.
Touch Therapy Dog program teams visit healthcare facilities and provide comfort to those in care. Duo's Paws for Reading Program places dogs in a classroom or library setting where they act as an incentive for individuals to read more and better. Dogs are viewed as a non-threatening entity to promote reading, writing, and increased interaction and social skills.
Offers veterans a chance to benefit from an animal by providing: - Training Programs. - Fostering. - Reduced Adoption Fees. Also provides active duty military members with foster care for animals during deployment.

Services

Pet Assisted Therapy
Foster Care/Temporary Shelter for Animals
Pet Care Expense Assistance
Offers veterans a chance to benefit from an animal by providing: - Training Programs. - Fostering. - Reduced Adoption Fees. Also provides active duty military members with foster care for animals during deployment.

Services

Pet Assisted Therapy
Foster Care/Temporary Shelter for Animals
Pet Care Expense Assistance

A no-kill animal shelter that provides shelter, care, and suitable homes for animals when possible. Other programs include:

- Animal Assisted Therapy: brings pets to residents of nursing facilities, assisted living, Alzheimer's Centers, and residential disability centers.

- Dog Bite Prevention Education: visits schools and other groups to teach children the basics of animal behavior and how to avoid getting bitten by dogs and cats.

- Continuing Care: provides shelter and care for pets if their owners become unavailable to care for them.

- Arm Chair Adoptions: Individuals who are unable to care for a pet in their home can "adopt" a pet that lives at the animal shelter, and the individual receives letters and photos of their pet.

Services

Pet Assisted Therapy
Domestic Animal Services

Offers therapy that uses animals to treat patients emotionally and physically. The therapy is very effective in treating veterans, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral issues, depression, anxiety, attachment issues, and numerous other common concerns of clients.

Offered to at-risk youth and focuses on building life skills and promoting mental wellness through a 24-week dog training program. Participants are taught foundational to advanced dog training skills, while also engaging in self-reflection and activities to improve their social-emotional health. The program is broken into three 8-week sessions, with each session focusing on different aspects of personal growth, such as building trust, confidence, and emotional awareness.

Services

Pet Assisted Therapy
Therapy that uses animals to treat patients emotionally and physically. The therapy is very effective in treating veterans, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral issues, depression, anxiety, attachment issues, and numerous other common concerns of clients.
Therapy that uses animals to treat patients emotionally and physically. The therapy is very effective in treating veterans, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral issues, depression, anxiety, attachment issues, and numerous other common concerns of clients.