Unified Academy introduced Canine Assisted Learning (CAL) to the school at the start of the academic year. Therapy dogs and their trainers visit daily and support students in a number of different ways – from helping them with strategies to stay calm and reduce anxiety to assisting others with their reading in a peaceful and relaxed environment.
Here you can see one of our students enjoying some quality time with Maui, he said after the session that spending time with the therapy dog made him feel ‘relaxed and happy’.