Emotional support dog key to calm classroom environment

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published March 2, 2020

Mounted on the staff picture wall, smack bang next to principal Ben Slocombe’s headshot, sits a profile of Daisy.

Daisy is now a permanent member of staff and a valued member of the wider school community.

Daisy, for clarification, is a dog – but as an integral part of Slocombe’s leadership team at Melrose Primary School ...

This story appeared in the February 2020 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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