When it's time for a child to undergo a forensic interview, they're brought into a small room and sat down where New Hope and Kids Hope Director Suzi Fode is seated. If staff believe the child would benefit from Valor's presence, he's brought in, told to jump up onto the couch, and rests his head on the child's lap.
October 12, 2020
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Four-legged confidant to help local children survivors talk through their trauma
Valor, a calm and cuddly two-year-old yellow lab, is in the last leg of a lifetime of training and whose will soon simply be to sit with the children entering Kids Hope, to reassure them with a comforting presence.