Animals help provide therapeutic support in educational settings and Students can benefit educationally, personally and emotionally. Benefits of well-being dogs include:
- teach empathy,
- appropriate interpersonal skills,
- help individuals develop social skills,
- be soothing and the presence of animals can more quickly build rapport between the teacher and pupil,
- improve individual’s skills to pick up social cues, imperative to human relationships.
Perhaps and maybe the most important, they are brilliant fun and can bring enormous enjoyment to your day.
Our animals: Sarah’s well-being dog William and horses Toby and Lorenzo. Mrs Drake’s dog Taffy.
