The successful therapy dog: an insight through a Delphi consultation survey among Italian experts

Who Let the Dog Out? Implementing a Successful Therapy Dog Program in an Academic Law Library

10.31228/osf.io/bzs6v ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Femi Cadmus ◽

Julian Aiken

Keyword(s):

Teaching Methods ◽

Well Being ◽

Law School ◽

First Year ◽

Successful Therapy ◽

Therapy Dogs ◽

Geographic Locations ◽

Therapy Dog ◽

Stress Levels ◽

Law Library

The motivation for introducing a therapy dog to the Yale Law Library was twofold. Inarguably, attending law school can sometimes be stressful. Studies indicate that, particularly in the first year of law school, when newcomers are adjusting to new teaching methods, materials, external and internal expectations, and even geographic locations, students can experience elevated stress levels. The evidence that visits from therapy dogs have resulted in increased happiness, calmness, and overall emotional well-being was a strong factor in proposing the introduction of Monty, the therapy dog, to the stacks: the health and general happiness of the students in our school is of paramount importance to the Yale Law School and Library.

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Research on Reading: What SLPs Want (or Need) to Know

Perspectives on School-Based Issues ◽

10.1044/sbi10.2.65 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 65-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Judy Montgomery

Keyword(s):

Spoken Language ◽

Cognitive Skill ◽

Language Intervention ◽

Reading Teachers ◽

Successful Therapy ◽

Speech Language Pathologists ◽

Reading Research ◽

Reading And Writing ◽

Language Problems

Abstract As increasing numbers of speech language pathologists (SLPs) have embraced their burgeoning roles in written as well as spoken language intervention, they have recognized that there is much to be gained from the research in reading. While some SLPs reportedly fear they will “morph” into reading teachers, many more are confidently aware that SLPs who work with adult clients routinely use reading as one of their rehabilitation modalities. Reading functions as both a tool to reach language in adults, and as a measure of successful therapy. This advanced cognitive skill can serve the same purpose for children. Language is the foundational support to reading. Consequently spoken language problems are often predictors of reading and writing challenges that may be ahead for the student (Juel & Deffes, 2004; Moats, 2001; Wallach, 2004). A targeted review of reading research may assist the SLP to appreciate the language/reading interface.

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