Tragedy to therapy: Dog honors late graduate of high school
SCOTT WILLIAMS, Racine Journal Times
April 4, 2021
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UNION GROVE, Wis. (AP) Union Grove High School’s newest resource for combatting student depression and anxiety is a furry little critter who specializes in unconditional love.
The school has acquired a therapy dog to keep on campus for comforting students who are dealing with mental health issues or who simply need to take a break from it all.
Bentley, as the new dog is known, will respond will affection and companionship in a way that can ease a person’s stress levels and defuse a potential breakdown. The emergence of therapy dogs in workplaces and other settings is based on scientific research that interaction with certain kinds of animals has therapeutic effects for people dealing with mental illness and other disorders or disabilities.
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