Sophie Perlzweig

Golden Light #2 is Sophie Perlzweig.

Sophie Perlzweig is a 5 year old Golden Retriever that is a trained autism therapy dog. Sophie visits Floral Park Memorial High School in Floral Park, New York every other Tuesday to interact with autism students who are in the after-school program called Promoting Academics through Life Skills (PALS). Sophie is a Golden Light for the contribution she makes in the lives of PALS students with autism.

Sophie is owned by Roni Perlzweig of Bayside, Queens in New York City. Roni Perlzweig is a math teacher at Floral Park Memorial High School and she has been bringing Sophie to the PALS program at her school since January, 2011 (Source). The following is a video of Sophie's interaction with the autistic students.




Special thanks to Sophie for being a Golden Light. Sophie is a fine example of how autism therapy dogs can help in temporary school settings.

Golden Light Honors the Lives of Golden Retrievers.

This post on Sophie Perlzweig originally appeared on the Autism Light blog on July 10, 2012 and was modified slightly for Golden Light.