Monday, October 2, 2017
DOE Expands Comfort Dog Program In NYC Schools
After a successful year, the Department of Education (DOE) will be expanding its Comfort Dog Program by adding 30 new schools across the city — nine of them in Brooklyn.
The Comfort Dog Program started last year in seven schools, five of them in Brooklyn. As part of the program, a staff member adopts a dog. The dog is brought into the school to help students and staff with social-emotional learning and improving the school environment. The dogs also assist in bereavement counseling. . .