Paws and Affection helps match service dogs with children with disabilities

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.

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.

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.