Why Should Your Campus Have a Comfort Dog?
ONGOING BENEFITS:
- Lifts mood in classroom, provokes laughter
-Offers friendship and a shoulder to lean on for students
-Boosts test scores
-Increase attendance
HOW CAN I USE MY COMFORT DOG?:
- In Counselor's office
-Classroom visits
-Stress relief during testing
-Incentive for attendance
-Incentive for classroom goals
-Mascot
-Fundraisers
-Reading programs
-Post traumatic school events
-Post traumatic community events
- Lifts mood in classroom, provokes laughter
-Offers friendship and a shoulder to lean on for students
-Boosts test scores
-Increase attendance
HOW CAN I USE MY COMFORT DOG?:
- In Counselor's office
-Classroom visits
-Stress relief during testing
-Incentive for attendance
-Incentive for classroom goals
-Mascot
-Fundraisers
-Reading programs
-Post traumatic school events
-Post traumatic community events
