NARBERTH, Pa. -- Paws and Affection is a non-profit that trains puppies to become service dogs to work with kids with disabilities.
The organization has matched 31 dogs to kids over the past eight years.
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The dogs are trained to recognize the symptoms of anxiety and help kids cope with them.
For example, if the dog is sensing a child is anxious, the pup may come cuddle up with the child.
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The dogs may go to an individual child, or to an entire school, as is the case with Scoop, a golden retriever that helps kids at AIM Academy, a school for children with learning-based disabilities.