Canine Assisted Learning

Canine Assisted Learning Providing professional Canine Assisted Interventions and School Dog Training Programmes to schools

The Canine Assisted Wellbeing Group (CAWG) is dedicated to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing through professional canine support. We provide specialist interventions and support to children and adults across workplaces, schools, colleges, universities, mental health hospitals and care homes. We offer a confidential and supportive environment with our team of experienced consultants a

nd specially trained dogs. Typically these can be one-to-one emotional regulation or talking therapy sessions in a range of areas such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-harm, coping with change, trauma, self-regulation and bereavement. They can also be, however, just taking time out from a busy day to help relieve daily stresses and to stop and pause for a few moments in safe and calm surroundings. Our heritage brand – Canine Assisted Learning – lies in working with children of all ages and we are at the forefront of academic and therapeutic interventions in schools supporting learning and emotional regulation. We have worked with many children and schools across the UK over the past five years, supporting their emotional wellbeing with a focus on positive mental health. In 2019, we launched our services in the workplace to offer canine assisted intervention sessions to employees in businesses. It is well documented how our mental health can suffer – often in silence – in the workplace and the impact it can have on productivity, motivation and attitude. We are now successfully working with a number of businesses offering regular one-to-one sessions for employees to encourage them to focus on their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Our specialist interventions have attained outstanding results in all areas of work. We pride ourselves on the professional delivery and quality of service we offer. And we continue to champion with passion the work we do in the field of mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Affiliate School Dog Molly woks at Cranbourne School. Each morning she meets and greets her pupils at the school gates, ...
24/04/2025

Affiliate School Dog Molly woks at Cranbourne School. Each morning she meets and greets her pupils at the school gates, this helps her pupils start the day with a positive mental attitude, and starts everybody's day off with a big smile!!
If you would like to find out bout how to train your dog to be a school dog please get in touch and we will be happy to help.

As we welcome the Easter season, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to the incredible schools, ...
20/04/2025

As we welcome the Easter season, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to the incredible schools, educators, and communities we are privileged to work with every day.

This time of year reminds us of the importance of growth, connection, and new beginnings—all of which are made possible through the meaningful relationships we build together.

From everyone at Canine Assisted Learning, we wish you a joyful and peaceful Easter. 🐾💛

Yes to this 🙌 We have been spreading the word and helping schools implement safe and effective school dog programmes for...
15/04/2025

Yes to this 🙌 We have been spreading the word and helping schools implement safe and effective school dog programmes for over 10 years.... to find out more send us a dm or give us a call 🐾

Star is ready for the Easter Holidays. Look at all this amazing egg art work she created with her young people 🐣
04/04/2025

Star is ready for the Easter Holidays. Look at all this amazing egg art work she created with her young people 🐣

Charlie is getting in the Easter spirit doing some fun activities with her young people before the holidays next week! 🐰...
01/04/2025

Charlie is getting in the Easter spirit doing some fun activities with her young people before the holidays next week! 🐰🐣

Spreading happiness 🐾
27/03/2025

Spreading happiness 🐾

CAL School dogs support all areas of learning including maths! We have a huge amount of creative resources and practical...
26/03/2025

CAL School dogs support all areas of learning including maths! We have a huge amount of creative resources and practical exercises to make learning fun and engaging for all

At CAL we run our own breeding programme which means that yesterday some very lucky pupils were treated to a surprise vi...
25/03/2025

At CAL we run our own breeding programme which means that yesterday some very lucky pupils were treated to a surprise visit from our current litter! To say they loved it would be an understatement!! 🐾

To celebrate neurodiversity week, lead Dog trainer Nic and our Affiliate School Dog Training Manager Debbie took a visit...
21/03/2025

To celebrate neurodiversity week, lead Dog trainer Nic and our Affiliate School Dog Training Manager Debbie took a visit to City of London School and presented to their staff and students all the benefits of a specially trained school dog 🐾

First day of spring! Our school dogs love being outside with nature, a perfect opportunity for some walk and talk sessio...
20/03/2025

First day of spring! Our school dogs love being outside with nature, a perfect opportunity for some walk and talk sessions.🌻🌷

Well done Fudge, you are doing so much great work across the community 🐾
17/03/2025

Well done Fudge, you are doing so much great work across the community 🐾

Martin from St Martins has doing a super job learning new skills all while supporting the young people at his school ...
17/03/2025

Martin from St Martins has doing a super job learning new skills all while supporting the young people at his school

Nessie at Potley hill primary school is setting in very well and is making progress on her foundation stage. She has be...
15/03/2025

Nessie at Potley hill primary school is setting in very well and is making progress on her foundation stage. She has been slowly introduced into the school environment and is already a super relaxed confident school dog in training

Today is World Sleep Day. Bramble and pixie love to cuddle up for sleep after their day at school!
14/03/2025

Today is World Sleep Day. Bramble and pixie love to cuddle up for sleep after their day at school!

Waffle wanted to join in on a game of snakes and ladders, she was quite competitive. The young people loved watching her...
13/03/2025

Waffle wanted to join in on a game of snakes and ladders, she was quite competitive. The young people loved watching her roll the dice, playing games is a great way to build a relationships between a school dog and the young people they support.

12/03/2025

How amazing is school dog Rhubarb completing his Silver Award (Intervention Stage) with the help of students. Check out all his amazing tricks. Well done Rhubarb!

Rashie enjoyed joining in with the softplay today!
11/03/2025

Rashie enjoyed joining in with the softplay today!

We are excited to announce several opportunities to join our team.If you have experience working with young people in ed...
11/03/2025

We are excited to announce several opportunities to join our team.
If you have experience working with young people in education, are passionate about making a difference to young peoples mental health and would love to work with your dog then this may be the job for you!
We are looking for several part time animal assisted intervention practitioners to be part of our professional team - full animal assisted intervention training is provided however experience within the setting you are applying for is essential. We have several roles all within different settings, please contact us for full details.
Hook, Hampshire - Primary setting
Camberwell- Working with young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
New Malden - Working with young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
Uxbridge - Working with young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
Uxbridge - Working with young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties
Dorking - Working with young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties

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The Canine Assisted Wellbeing Group is dedicated to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing through professional canine support. We provide specialist interventions and support to children and adults across workplaces, schools, colleges, universities, mental health hospitals and care homes.

We offer a confidential and supportive environment with our team of experienced consultants and specially trained dogs. Typically these can be one-to-one emotional regulation or talking therapy sessions in a range of areas such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-harm, coping with change, trauma, self-regulation and bereavement. They can also be, however, just taking time out from a busy day to help relieve daily stresses and to stop and pause for a few moments in safe and calm surroundings.

Our heritage brand – Canine Assisted Learning – lies in working with children of all ages and we are at the forefront of academic and therapeutic interventions in schools supporting learning and emotional regulation. We have worked with many children and schools across the UK over the past five years, supporting their emotional wellbeing with a focus on positive mental health.

In 2019, we launched our services in the workplace to offer canine assisted intervention sessions to employees in businesses. It is well documented how our mental health can suffer – often in silence – in the workplace and the impact it can have on productivity, motivation and attitude. We are now successfully working with a number of businesses offering regular one-to-one sessions for employees to encourage them to focus on their mental health and emotional wellbeing.