Our Buddy Baxter

Name: 
Jennifer Cullen
Title: 
School Counselor
School: 
Regency Place Elementary
Amount Requested: 
$740.00
Deadline: 
12/15/17
My Students: 
Well-rounded students are successful. I want to not only support the academic growth of RP students, but also their emotional and social wellness. I would like to provide the opportunity to teach and model how to develop empathy and acceptance towards others, as well as a sense of responsibility and ability to develop nurturing relationships.
My Project: 
Our Buddy Baxter will provide Regency Place with a trained therapy dog. This is proven to lower stress, heart rate, blood pressure, and anxiety. Baxter will offer a unique form of support to children’s learning, physical health and emotional wellbeing. To many he will become a classmate, confidant, and companion. Baxter will not only assist in the counseling office, but have school-wide impact. What a "paws-ative" way to teach students about essential life skills and character traits!
My Students Need: 
My students need Baxter to be specially trained, with specific ground rules, on how to cope with circumstances that would be nerve-racking or unsafe for an untrained dog.
Discipline Area(s): 
Other
Grade Level(s): 
K-5
Budget Info: 
Materials/Items: 
Initial Training Session and Assessment
Cost: 
$110.00
Materials/Items: 
Eight in-home trianing sessions
Cost: 
$600.00
Materials/Items: 
Post-Training Evaluation
Cost: 
$20.00
Fully Funded Date: 
10/19/2017
$740.00
$0.00 still needed
10 donors