soul-friends.org http://soul-friends.org Healing the hearts of children one wagging tail at a time... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:29:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Therapy Dogs at Work and Play http://soul-friends.org/?p=166 http://soul-friends.org/?p=166#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:29:02 +0000 KNicoll http://soul-friends.org/?p=166 Every day provides an opportunity for a lesson  learned in my life living with 4 therapy dogs – today the lesson  from Noah is REST.  As someone living with a chronic illness, while also trying to run a nonprofit  – my mind often forgets to slow down.  My body provides the daily reminder to stop moving, but my mind never seems to rest.  

Noah  is a chocolate lab puppy mill dog  now 6 years old.  He loves his ball and loves to run on hikes.  However, as he lays by my side today he is reminding me to REST  and enjoy the moment.

]]> http://soul-friends.org/?feed=rss2&p=166 0 Petflix Film Festival http://soul-friends.org/?p=156 http://soul-friends.org/?p=156#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:33:20 +0000 KNicoll http://soul-friends.org/?p=156 Statewide nonprofit invites short film submissions to the first annual  Petflix Film Festival on November 21, 2009.  Celebrate your love of your pet dog, horse, cat and small animals and watch their story shown on the big screen.  Or celebrate the work of your therapy dog or therapeutic riding partner..  For more information download entrance form on our download page at www.soul-friends.org or buy tickets for the event at www.active.com

DEADLINE for Short Film Festival submissions is November 7th

]]> http://soul-friends.org/?feed=rss2&p=156 1 Therapy Dogs at Work and Play : Series 1 http://soul-friends.org/?p=141 http://soul-friends.org/?p=141#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:33:27 +0000 KNicoll http://soul-friends.org/?p=141  Soul Friends therapy dogs love their work.  Attached see a story on them at work with students at a school in CT.   During this session the most amazing thing happened with one boy living with autism spectrum who had participated in our program four months earlier.  He walked in for a special hello and his first words were “there’s Muffin, look she got a haircut!”.  Not only did the boy remember Muffin’s name but noticed and attended to the change in her appearance.  As a clinical social worker,for over 20 years  it was one of my most rewarding moments of my career. 

Stay tuned the Soul Friends Therapy Dogs at Work and Play Series.  For information on the book Therapy Dogs at Work and Play visit www.amazon.com or www.lulu.com

Kate Nicoll, LCSW

]]> http://soul-friends.org/?feed=rss2&p=141 0 Special Dogs Going to Special Students http://soul-friends.org/?p=146 http://soul-friends.org/?p=146#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:47:59 +0000 Kate http://soul-friends.org/?p=146 Special Dogs Going to Special Students

]]> http://soul-friends.org/?feed=rss2&p=146 0 NBC30 Video http://soul-friends.org/?p=130 http://soul-friends.org/?p=130#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 19:31:09 +0000 KNicoll http://soul-friends.org/?p=130 NBC30 recently posted the following video segment regarding Soul Friends.  Click here to see it!

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]]> http://soul-friends.org/?feed=rss2&p=127 0 Help Build Equine Program! http://soul-friends.org/?p=77 http://soul-friends.org/?p=77#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:01:39 +0000 Kate http://soul-friends.org/?p=77 Support our efforts to build an equine program – and please donate at this holiday season.  Soul Friends has had a pony donated if we can raise $6,000 by the end of the year.

]]> http://soul-friends.org/?feed=rss2&p=77 0 Soul Friends in the News http://soul-friends.org/?p=21 http://soul-friends.org/?p=21#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:04:13 +0000 Kate http://soul-friends.org/blog/?p=21  
  • Dogs Help Special Needs Children, Meriden Record Journal, February 16, 2007
  • Pet Loss, New Haven Register, April 2006
  • New Haven Register, March 2008 Article on the treatment of children who abuse animals
  • Middletown Press, March 2008, Dogs help kids
  • Hartford Courant, March 2008, Muffin and Bear help kids cope
]]> http://soul-friends.org/?feed=rss2&p=21 3 Updates : http://soul-friends.org/?p=19 http://soul-friends.org/?p=19#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:02:19 +0000 Kate http://soul-friends.org/blog/?p=19 Prepare yourself for a special Valentine Celebration Coffee and Martini Night. 

THANK You for your support at the 4th Annual Chilly Dog Walk.   Thanks to our sponsors :  Webster Bank, Best Friends Pet Care; Paws Pet Resort; Sandbank Veterinary Clinic and Dr. Thomas Chin; Cheshire Veterinary Hospital; Southend Spirts; Owen’s Main Street Deli; Dragon Buffet; Quality Subaru

ANIMAL ABUSE TASK FORCE -  Kate Nicoll was present at the announcement by the Speaker of the House James Anammann’s appointment of Rep Diana Urban ( North Stonington) as the head of a task force to research the connections of the circle of violence – domestic abuse, child abuse and animal abuse.  A few weeks later, the New Haven Register did an in-depth report on the Anicare child study program spearheaded in Connecticut by Soul Friends staff.  A poster on research of the Soul Friends group, Heeling Hearts, was accepted for presentation at the International Society for Anthrozoology in Toronto Canada this July.

Two recent newspaper articles on the Come, Follow ME! group were featured in the Hartford Courant and the Middletown Press UPCOMING NEWS….. Plans for a Fall Dog Walk and Wine Tasting….

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