Animal therapy for children with SEND

About this episode

This episode discusses how animal therapy can support children with special educational needs and disabilities who have been failed by mainstream education.

In this episode we're chatting to David Boxall from Elysian, who provide alternative farm-based education, about how animal therapy can support children who have been failed by a mainstream education setting. To find out more about supporting PDA children in school, check out the information on our website [https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/what-helps-guides/pda-and-eotas/] or sign up to the PDA Training Hub [https://training.pdasociety.org.uk/]. Guest links: https://elysianuk.org/

People in this episode

Guest: David Boxall

Topics covered

• animal therapy
• children with SEND
• alternative education
• mainstream education
• PDA support

Keywords

• animal therapy
• SEND
• PDA
• education
• children
• support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Elysian, PDA Society, Elysian UK

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