Our Programs
Pawsitive Friendships offers three main programs.
We partner with schools and adult day programs to provide specialized support to individuals with special needs. To join our programs, individuals or their guardians must connect with our partnered organizations.
School Based Program
We work with special needs students and their teachers to provide adaptive pet integration activities focusing on achieving specific goals. Our curriculum promotes the growth and development of executive function, motor skills, social skills, and more. The program is highly motivating and leads to noticeable improvement in the child’s behavior at school and home.
Early Childhood Program
Our early childhood program is designed for children aged 18 months to 8 years with special needs. We integrate pets into curriculum-structured activities to actively incorporate the development of essential skills, social and emotional, executive function, motor skills, and more, through a play-based approach.
Adult Program
This program helps members of adult day centers (DTA) improve and practice skills such as participation, socialization, decision-making, and motivation through adaptive enrichment activities that involve the unconditional love of pets.