A Complete Guide to Set Up a Dogs in School Program
Set Up a Dogs in School Program
A Complete Guide
A Complete Step by Step Guide
This guide will teach you to confidently start a Dogs in School Program that meets the needs of everyone in your school community and meets the current AAI Standards of Practice.
When using this guide, you will be able to:
- Find out where to access Pet Partners, AAAIP membership, courses, and certificates
- Identify your school community’s top needs
- Learn what specific needs have been identified by other educators as top needs to address post pandemic
- Understand the different roles of staff members
- Create a team
- How do you address allergies, fear and cultural differences among the members of your community
- Envision the impact the program has on all members of the school community
- Gather what information you need from the school community with provided templates
- Learn the magic of how to begin to address specific needs
- What is the most suitable dog
- What is important with reference to training, education of those educators wishing to participate
- ·Assess the physical space of your school to accommodate an AAI program
- ·Identify what insurance you need to have and where to access it
- ·Write policy and procedures for the program
- When you are ready access 4 different models to deliver a Dogs in School Program so you can choose the program that is right for your school community
- Have access to our Facebook group where you can ask questions, share stories and interact with myself and other members of the group doing the same thing you are