Every human that is born into our world will encounter difficult roads in their lifetime. Some encounter more problematic challenges than others. A community that undergoes traumatic life experiences is our United States of America war veterans. Having bullets light up the dark cold nights and dying yells of enemies, fellow soldiers, and civilians are more than enough to haunt an individual for the rest of their lives. Mikko Carranza, a veteran from the Iraq war, describes how, “Back home, a civilian might live from paycheck to paycheck; I try to stay alive from holiday to holiday. I'm just trying to make it to Thanksgiving, only one week away,” (Carranza, 2009). Feelings of overwhelmed trauma drive people to seek help from professionals. Sometimes…show more content… All around this charitable cause not only helps those directly affect but rather a large community base. Building relationships and engaging with inmates and the trainee dogs will help develop better cognitive skills leading to possible better choices, the trainee dogs develop new sets of skills that are individualized to assist in the variety of issues and adverse side effects PTSD…show more content… It is vital to understand the meanings of these disorders. According to the National Center for PTSD, “traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the function of the brain,” (National Center for PTSD, n.d.). With the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) V, brain injury and its neuropsychiatric sequelae are considered in detail.
These types of injuries have been prevalent in the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan harming more than 200,000 soldiers. In a mild diagnosis of TBI, cognitive deficits are not a problem with independence in everyday life. It is at this point where veterans benefit from having a service dog that will assist them in duties they are uneasy about. With the extra support of a furry friend, veterans can pursue more of
