Connecting for veteran wellness toolkit

This toolkit for Service Dog Organizations informs service dog trainers about recovery from substance use health problems and the important role of peer support and connection for the wellness of their Veteran dog handlers diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  

The toolkit includes:

• an online certificate course made up of nine modules, a completion certificate, and should take between two to three hours to complete, and 
• access to substance use recovery and peer support resources. 

This project initiated in 2016  as a research partnership between the University of Saskatchewan and a service dog organization in Canada.