{"id":402,"date":"2019-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/uncategorized\/central-coast-school-add-therapy-dog-counselling-team\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:00:00","slug":"central-coast-school-add-therapy-dog-counselling-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/lifestyle\/central-coast-school-add-therapy-dog-counselling-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Coast school add therapy dog to counselling team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/photo-1559167147-8ed7885ee190.jpeg\" alt=\"Golden Labrador Retriever opened mouth on green grass\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A furry good idea! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One Central Coast school has taken a paw-sitively different approach to their student\u2019s wellbeing, introducing a furry friend to the counselling team.<\/p>\n<p>Green Point Christian College welcomed golden retriever Bentley and his handler, Janelle Stringer, to the school last week after much anticipation from students and staff.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGreenPointChristianCollege%2Fphotos%2Fa.346979368756144%2F2382813658506028%2F%3Ftype%3D3&#038;width=500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"500\" height=\"594\"><\/iframe><\/p><p>As a therapy dog, Bentley will join the staff in the counselling area and offer up a little extra comfort, friendship and happiness to students during difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>Bentley has been trained by Delta Society &#8211; a non-for-profit organisation that train therapy dogs for visits to care facilities, workplaces and schools across the country to help improve mental health and welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Research completed by Delta Society revealed that interaction with animals can help with normal development in child, improve quality of life, reduce anxiety and stress, assist in learning pro-social behaviour, and help in developing independence and confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Bentley and his handler will be at the school once a week to assist the counselling team.<\/p>\n<p>How paw-some!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/articles\/selling-houses-australia-set-renovate-central-coast-home\">Selling Houses Australia set to renovate Central Coast home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><em><strong>Catch up with Rabbit and Julie Goodwin with their podcast!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/rabbitandjuliegoodwin\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Written by Kate Stevens<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Images: Unsplash<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A furry good idea! 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