Animal-Assisted Therapy: Superstars change teen lives (Dyslexia Ed.)

by Dufresne-Cyr, Gaby
ISBN: 9781738146000
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Overview

Explore what it takes to become an animal-assisted pet partner devoted to working with at-risk teens in high schools across the Island of Montreal, Quebec. From selecting an animal to training, discover a team of professionals dedicated to bettering teenagers faced with life challenges and mental health disorders. The program teaches adolescents to socialize and train dogs, rats, horses, and wolves to mend their ailments.

As the program progresses, the students learn that the bond between a person and their animal has the power to heal many open wounds. Follow dogs Albear, Hariette, and George, along with rats Charlotte, Vincent, and Alice, as they conduct weekly school visits and forge friendships with an unlikely group of adolescents.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Dufresne-Cyr, Gaby
  • ISBN: 9781738146000
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 1.13
  • Number Of Pages: 518
  • Publication Year: 2023
Language: English