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Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland

9909 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
Washington Adventist Hospital
7600 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912

Teams work with clients and therapists to accomplish rehabilitation goals, including speech, mobility, and motor skills.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Burton Goldstein - (301) 548-9555

Now visiting alternating Monday mornings.. No openings for additional teams at this time.

Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland

The Children's House at Johns Hopkins

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.

Children's House

College Living Experience

401 N. Washington Street
Rockville, MD 20850

A day facility catering to the special needs of well-functioning college age students with autism spectrum disorders.
Teams visit on one afternoon a week, on flexible days.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: John Burrows

College Living Experience

Copper Ridge

710 Obrecht Road
Sykesville, Maryland 21784

An assisted-living facility.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Harriet Meyers - (410) 381-4755

Now visiting on Saturday mornings.

Copper Ridge

Cresthaven Elementary School

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.

Cresthaven

Elkridge Elementary School

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 Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program.  We are supervised by the reading resource specialist.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Harriet Meyers - (410) 381-4755

Elkridge

Faith Baptist Christian School

12700 Claxton Drive
Laurel, MD 20708

As part of NCTD's CAPITAL 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.

Faith Baptist Christian School's CARE program

Garrett Park Elementary School

4810 Oxford Street
Kensington, MD 20895

As part of NCTD's CAPITAL R.E.A.D. program, children read to therapy animals to improve their reading skills and confidence.


NCTD Facility Coordinator: Harvey Eisen - (301) 530-5463

Now visiting Thursday mornings.

Raccoon

George Washington University Medical Center

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.

George Washington University Medical Center

Georgetown University Hospital

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

Georgetown

Good Shepherd Center

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.

Good Shepherd Broken Heart

Greater Baltimore Medical Center ACE Unit

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.

GBMC

Greentree Shelter

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 .
National Center for Children and Families

Hospice of Baltimore (Gilchrist Center)

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.

Hospice of Baltimore

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

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.

Johns Hopkins Health System

Kennedy Krieger Institute

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

Johns Hopkins Health System

National Institutes of Health

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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National Institutes of Health

National Lutheran Home

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.

NLH

Potomac Community Resources

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.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Greta Patten - (301) 871-5093

This is a relatively new facility. We are now enlisting visiting teams.

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Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health
(Adventist Behavioral Health Eastern Shore)

821 Fieldcrest Road
Cambridge, MD 21613

Potomac Ridge Behavioral health 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


 

Quince Orchard Public Library

15831 Quince Orchard Road
Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20878

As part of NCTD’s Capital READ 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

Quince Orchard

Rockville Public Library

21 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD,20850

As part of NCTD's Capital READ 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

Quince Orchard

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital

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.

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital

Sibley Memorial Hospital

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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Washington Grove Elementary School

8712 Oakmont Street Street
Gaithersburg, MD 20838

As part of NCTD's CAPITAL 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.



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