{"id":5971,"date":"2023-12-05T11:37:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T16:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/?page_id=5971"},"modified":"2024-09-18T20:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:35:38","slug":"therapy-dog-pilot-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/therapy-dog-pilot-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Therapy Dog Pilot Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Therapy Dog Pilot Program\n <\/h1>\n \n \n \n\n\n

The Therapy Dog Program<\/strong> at Carleton was initially piloted at the Centre for Initiatives in Education in 2017. Students can experience anxiety, depression, and sense of being overwhelmed during their studies at university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Animal-Assisted therapy is an evidence-based practice that can help lead to increased levels of happiness and decreased stress levels for those who participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our original therapy dog, Blue, accomplished several goals and showed us a lot more through students\u2019 response to the program!<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cAfter visiting with Blue, my day got better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Overall, students were happy and excited to see this experience of wellness and conversation around positive mental health being brought to the forefront. We are so proud of Blue and all the work he has done for so many students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The therapy dog pilot was run by Shannon Noonan, Blue’s handler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This innovative programming has now been adopted at the institutional level<\/a> and moved on from the pilot year at CIE to become an established strand in the university\u2019s proactive mental health supports<\/a> for students, with 10 dogs and their Carleton staff or faculty handlers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cMeeting with Blue (and Shannon), helped me make a weekly routine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

TVO\u2019s Ontario Hubs checks out this exciting pet therapy program, and it\u2019s paw-sitive impact at Carleton!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please check the Carleton Therapy Dogs (Mental Health and Wellness) webpage<\/a> for up-to-date information and scheduling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Animal-Assisted therapy is an evidence-based practice that can help lead to increased levels of happiness and decreased stress levels for those who participate. Our original therapy dog, Blue, accomplished several goals and showed us a lot more through students\u2019 response to the program! \u201cAfter visiting with Blue, my day got better.\u201d Overall, students were happy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[26],"class_list":["post-5971","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5971"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6244,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5971\/revisions\/6244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=5971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}