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Current NCTD Facilities
Washington Suburban
9901 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
The Adventist Center for Children at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
encompasses a 25 bed pediatric facility, a 5 bed pediatric intensive care unit,
and an 11 bed antepartum ward. The child units serve children with a variety of medical diagnosis.
The antepartum ward serves pregnant women who must remain on bed rest for
several weeks before delivery.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Burton Goldstein - (301) 548-9555
Now visiting on alternating Monday mornings. No openings for additional teams at this time. |
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7600 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Visiting the adult medical/surgical unit.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Carol Crawford (301) 585-8070
Now visiting on Mondays
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9909 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850 |
7600 Carroll Ave - Unit 5200
Takoma Park, MD 20912 |
Now visiting Every Monday afternoon and every Sunday morning. Looking for SWING teams, that can fill in when we need them. |
Now visiting Every Wednesday afternoon. Looking for additioanl experienced teams |
Teams work with clients and therapists to accomplish rehabilitation goals,
including speech, mobility, and motor skills.These are solo visits - just the staff, the handler, the dog, and their patients. Only one team visits at a time, and it is rather intense work.
NCTD Facility Coordinator:
Burton Goldstein - (301) 548-9555
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13313 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
NCYD volunteers work with students who need extra help with their reading skills, as part of the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program. We are supervised by the reading resource specialist.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Jeanette Golden - (301) 984-1960
Now visiting on Thursdays. |
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12700 Claxton Drive
Laurel, MD 20708
As part of NCTD's R.E.A.D. program,
children read to therapy animals to improve their
reading skills and confidence.
NCTD Facility Coordinator/On-Site Facility Coordinator: Michelle Cohen - (301) 585-NCTD (6283)
Now visiting weekly on Tuesday mornings. |
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4810 Oxford Street
Kensington, MD 20895
As part of NCTD's R.E.A.D. program,
children read to therapy animals to improve their
reading skills and confidence.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Deborah Schwartz - (301) 897-8832
Now visiting Thursday mornings. |
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9701 Veirs Drive
Rockville, MD, 20850
A large assisted-living facility. As a low impact facility, this is particularly suitable for newly-qualified teams to gain experience and mentoring.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Nancy Rogers - (301) 947-7566
Visits can be made weekdays, evenings or weekends, with the agreement of the Home.
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Building 10, Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center (CRC)
Bethesda, MD 20892
Evening visits are to a large number of units, including pediatric oncology,
adult oncology, alzheimers, neurological disorders, pediatric schizophrenia,
and general surgery.
Daytime visits are to the Children's Clinic (outpatient follow-up treatment
center) and the pediatric oncology, adult oncology, pediatric mental health, and neurology units.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Barbara Murgo
Now visiting weekly on alternating Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings.
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15831 Quince Orchard Road
Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20878
As part of NCTD’s R.E.A.D. program, children selected by the Thurgood Marshall Elementary School read to the dogs of READ-qualified teams at the Quince Orchard Public Library to improve their fluency and confidence.
Now READing every Thursday evening during the school year
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Shellie Goldstein
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6301 Greentree Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
Greentree Shelter is a long-term shelter for homeless families. Our teams interact with the children in
the emergency family shelter.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Rosemary Bennett - (301) 946-2277
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9200 Kentsdale Drive
Potomac, MD 208540
Potomac Community Resources promotes the full inclusion into community life of teens and adults with developmental differences by providing dynamic therapeutic, social, recreational, and educational programs.
Now visiting on Sundays at noon
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Greta Patten - (301) 871-5093 |
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21 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD,20850
As part of NCTD's R.E.A.D. program, children selected by the Beall Elementary School
read to the dogs of READ-qualified teams at the library to improve their fluency and confidence.
Now READing Monday and Thursday evenings during the school year
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Rosemary Bennett - (301) 946-2277
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8712 Oakmont Street Street
Gaithersburg, MD 20838
As part of NCTD's R.E.A.D. program,
children read to therapy animals to improve their
reading skills and confidence.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Barbara Murgo - (301) 330-4012
Now visiting on Tuesday mornings. |
Washington DC
2300 Eye Street N.W.
Washington DC 20037
NCTD teams currently visit various units, including rehabilitation,
psychiatric, cardiac and oncology for both AAA and AAT.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Sharon Theimer
Now visiting Tuesday evenings, Wednesday mornings, and Saturday afternoons. |
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3800 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington DC 20007
Teams visit children and adults in various units. Visits can be arranged for both week days and weekends.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Mary Ann Millman. (202) 444-6484
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5255 Loughboro Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
Visiting patients and their families on a variety of units.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Burton Goldstein - (301) 548-9555
Now visiting on alternating Tuesday mornings and one Tuesday evening a month. No openings for additional teams at this time. |
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Baltimore Region
1915 McElderry Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
Visiting children and their families in a home-like environment.
NCTD Facility Coordinator:
Annie Bavar - (410) 598-7988
Now visiting weekly on alternating Tuesday evenings.
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710 Obrecht Road
Sykesville, Maryland 21784
An assisted-living facility.
NCTD Facility Coordinator:
Harriet Meyers - (410) 381-4755
Now visiting on Saturday mornings.
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7075 Montgomery Road
Elkridge, MD 21075
Elkridge Elementary School is a kindergarten through 5th grade public school. A different NCTD team visits every afternoon of the week to work with students who need extra help with their reading skills, as part of the R.E.A.D. program. We are supervised by the reading resource specialist.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Harriet Meyers - (410) 381-4755
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4100 Maple Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21227
The Good Shepherd Center provides a continuum of services that combines treatment, residential and educational services for adolescent girls and their families who are experiencing personal, family and societal conflicts.
NCTD Facility Coordinator:
Laura Rubin - (301) 570-3775
Now visiting first through fourth Tuesday afternoons.
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6701 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21204
Each team is assigned a unit by the Chaplin who is our facility contact. After shadowing, or mentoring if needed, a team is assigned their own unit. Each team decides the day of the week and the hour that fits their schedule.
NCTD Facility Coordinator:
Sandra Lumpkin - (410) 357-5051
Mentoring is available for new teams. We are flexible on additional days and hours.
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6601 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21204
(443) 849-8200
Hospice of Baltimore helps people with life-limiting illnesses make the most of each day, on their own terms, in familiar surroundings.
NCTD Facility Coordinator:
Sandra Lumpkin - (410) 357-5051
Each team decides the day of the week and the hour that fits their schedule.
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600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Visiting a variety of client populations.
NCTD Facility Coordinator:
Michelle Cohen - (301) 776-4742
Now visiting Monday evenings, Tuesday mornings, alternating Tuesday evenings, and Thursday evenings.
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707 North Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
Visits are in the Kennedy Krieger playroom where children of all ages (from 3-18) gather after a long day of therapy. Many children are in wheelchairs, but that does not get in the way of lots of fun. In addition, as requested or as needed, we also visit the 3rd floor inpatient hospital and go room to room visiting each child. Visits are supervised and always accompanied.
As this can be an unpredictable environment - as any involving small children can be - a complex rating for your dog is highly recommended.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Stephanie Cooper Greenberg (410) 404-2004
Now visiting weekday nights from 6-8 pm (except second Tuesday) or on the weekends |
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Maryland's Eastern Shore
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821 Fieldcrest Road
Cambridge, MD 21613
Adventist Behavioral Health Eastern Shore is the Eastern Shore's only treatment facility specializing in long-term residential services for adolescents. The program offers adolescent boys the opportunity to assume responsibility for their behaviors, develop coping and communication skills, and explore values. We visit boys ages 12-18, with serious behavioral and emotional problems. Visits are in groups in an activities room and supervised by the staff.
Now visiting Monday evenings
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Nan Duerling |
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Southern Virginia Region
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7250 Brooks Mill Rd
Wirtz , VA
Dudley Elementary School is a kindergarten through 5th grade public school. Teams visit to work with students who need extra help with their reading skills, as part of the R.E.A.D. program. We are supervised by the reading resource specialist.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Christi Bryden
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P. O. Box 2
Moneta, VA 24121
We provide weekly “Read to a Dog” programs with four teams at each four week camp. One camp is in Bedford County and one is in Franklin County. These Good Neighbors camps run from mid-June to mid-July and mid-July to mid-August. Improving reading skills is a focus of the camps.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Phyllis Conrad – (540)297-6791
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12718 Old Moneta Road
Moneta, Virginia 24121
Moneta Elementary School is a K-5 public school located in Bedford County, Virginia, near Smith Mountain Lake. NCTD teams volunteer at the school on a weekly basis to provide extra help and encouragement for students participating in the school’s R.E.A.D. program. All program volunteers are members of Blue Ridge PETS, a local therapy dog group partnered with NCTD. Students in the READ program are selected and monitored by the school’s reading specialist.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Kimberly Elliott – (540) 721-34355
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13641 Moneta Rd.
Moneta, VA 24121
During the school year we provide a monthly Saturday morning R.E.A.D. program using two teams at each library. These programs encourage children to visit the library and to practice their reading skills. We also take part weekly in each library’s summer reading program for children, using two teams. These programs run from mid-June until mid-August.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Phyllis Conrad – (540)297-6791
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Westlake Towne Center
84 Westlake Rd., Suite 109
Hardy, VA 24101
During the school year we provide a monthly Saturday morning R.E.A.D. program using two teams at each library. These programs encourage children to visit the library and to practice their reading skills. We also take part weekly in each library’s summer reading program for children, using two teams. These programs run from mid-June until mid-August.
NCTD Facility Coordinator: Phyllis Conrad – (540)297-6791
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