DOGS HELPING KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM With one in seven primary and secondary students experiencing a mental health issue, schools are searching for new ways to support children’s emotional and social well-being to improve engagement and learning. The Dogs Connect program began in Bendigo and involves introducing a dog as a permanent member of [...]
Grant and Sonny chatted with Nicole Chvastik on ABC Statewide Drive about the Dogs Connect program and one of Sonny’s favourite students, Tara Frawley, joined them too.
Sonny has been with St Francis of the Fields primary school since he was eight weeks old. He lives at the school as part of the Dogs Connect program that teaches students how to develop their social and emotional. Owner grant Shannon said Sonny’s schedule is very full. “This is the life he is used [...]
