Weaving Trauma, Connection, Belonging, and Empathy with Therapy Dogs Through Social Emotional Learning

dc.contributor.authorPellow, Selby
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-12T22:57:50Z
dc.date.available2023-12-12T22:57:50Z
dc.date.issued2023-11
dc.description.abstractAs social emotional learning and mental health becomes more of a focus for school districts, so much so, as to include them as a target in strategic plans, it is vital that districts utilize non-traditional methods to support students. The use of therapy dogs to support emotional wellbeing is not new to the school system, but successful integration to see therapy dogs and their handlers as a team to teach the social emotional curriculum, is an area that is still being researched. The goal of this capstone is to provide educators, school counsellors, and school districts with information around enhancing social emotional learning for students with trauma in schools with the use of therapy dogs. Using the foundations of attachment theory, animal assisted therapy, and person-centered theory, in chapter 3 I will propose a series of lessons aimed at incorporating the use of therapy dogs into the SEL curriculum for students in kindergarten to grade three. It is hoped that this capstone will provide school districts with an outline to support the integration of a therapy dog program into their social emotional learning curriculums, to best support students with trauma.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/2356
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectanimal assisted therapy
dc.subjectsocial emotional learning
dc.subjectcomplex trauma
dc.subjecttherapy dog
dc.subjecthuman animal bond
dc.subjecthuman animal interaction
dc.titleWeaving Trauma, Connection, Belonging, and Empathy with Therapy Dogs Through Social Emotional Learning
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool Counselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Education
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