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.

Paddington has been showing the young people he supports what his calm body language looks like. This Children's Mental ...
07/02/2025

Paddington has been showing the young people he supports what his calm body language looks like. This Children's Mental Health week all of our school dogs have been helping young people to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them

This time to talk day we're taking part by talking about Mental Health. Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental ...
06/02/2025

This time to talk day we're taking part by talking about Mental Health. Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. It’s a day for friends, families, communities and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives

Pepper has been working hard this Children's Mental Health week to support her young people. Know Yourself, Grow Yourse...
05/02/2025

Pepper has been working hard this Children's Mental Health week to support her young people. Know Yourself, Grow Yourself is this years theme and helps focus on how we can build resilience, grow and develop by understanding who we are and what we like.

We’re supporting with This year’s theme is ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself,’ encouraging self-discovery and growth. Di...
04/02/2025

We’re supporting with This year’s theme is ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself,’ encouraging self-discovery and growth. Did you know 1 in 5 children face mental health challenges? Let’s make a difference together during

A huge well done to everybody Walter Infant School, we are so proud to work with such an exceptional local school. 🐾
30/01/2025

A huge well done to everybody Walter Infant School, we are so proud to work with such an exceptional local school. 🐾

A Wokingham infant school has been rated as "outstanding" by Ofsted in its first inspection in over 11 years.

It is a very exciting day here... we have just found out we will be expecting the pitter patter of tiny paws in a few we...
29/01/2025

It is a very exciting day here... we have just found out we will be expecting the pitter patter of tiny paws in a few week time!! Breeding our own school dogs is so special, we can't wait to meet the superstars of the future!

Super cute and making a big impact! Fudge is once of three affiliate dogs at Wellington College who are all doing an ama...
28/01/2025

Super cute and making a big impact! Fudge is once of three affiliate dogs at Wellington College who are all doing an amazing job.

Luna recently learnt a new skill. Our school dogs continue to learn new skills with the help of our dog trainers, to mak...
27/01/2025

Luna recently learnt a new skill. Our school dogs continue to learn new skills with the help of our dog trainers, to make their sessions engaging for the young people they support.

Where do you start when looking at having a school dog programme? The first thing is to consider is what work best for y...
19/01/2025

Where do you start when looking at having a school dog programme? The first thing is to consider is what work best for your team and school, would your own school dog work in terms of time constraints and having a team available to work with your dog or would a visiting school dog team work better for you? If you would like to talk though the options with a knowledgeable experienced member of our team please feel free to give us a call or send us an email [email protected]

Indi enjoyed her licki mat at breaktime!! Enrichment activities are a key part of our school dogs carefully balanced day...
19/01/2025

Indi enjoyed her licki mat at breaktime!! Enrichment activities are a key part of our school dogs carefully balanced day.uk

Safety around having a dog in school is something we talk about LOTS!! It's great to see National School Dog Alliance - ...
17/01/2025

Safety around having a dog in school is something we talk about LOTS!! It's great to see National School Dog Alliance - NSDA a great new organisation also sharing some safety tips in the article. If you have any questions about dogs in school please get in touch, everything we do underpins SAFE, ETHICAL, EFFECTIVE Practice and we are here to help 🐾

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg45q2zqjgo

We are delighted to welcome Anna and Rashie to our CAL practitioner team, they are already making a massive impact in th...
16/01/2025

We are delighted to welcome Anna and Rashie to our CAL practitioner team, they are already making a massive impact in their schools.
If you would like to find our about our teams working with your school please contact us [email protected] or on 075151565504 we look forward to hearing from you.

15/01/2025
We proudly provide a comprehensive, bespoke therapy dog training course to schools, educational professionals and other ...
13/01/2025

We proudly provide a comprehensive, bespoke therapy dog training course to schools, educational professionals and other private therapists and practitioners. To find out how to enrol in our course please contact us for a friendly chat on 07594 649422 or email us on [email protected]

08/01/2025

Canine Assisted Learning is recruiting!!!

We are currently looking for Canine Assisted Intervention Practitioners in the Uxbridge, Slough, Croyden, Epsom and Dorking areas

Your role will be to provide specialist wellbeing support to children/young people in the school environment through our Canine Assisted Learning Emotional Regulation Programme. Full training will be provided for the role along with full training for your dog ( following initial assessments ) experience working with young people is essential.

For full job details and an application form please contact
[email protected].

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Did you know January is Walk your Dog Month. Our school dogs love their walks before and after school; many go for extra walk and talk sessions throughout the school day too. Walk and talk sessions provide numerous physical health benefits as well as the perfect setting to start a conversation about a topic that may not be so easy. If you would like to find out how to create the perfect balanced day for your school dog please get in touch for a friendly chat about our affiliate school dog training programme. #WalkYourDogMonth #DogWalkingAdventures

Did you know January is Walk your Dog Month. Our school dogs love their walks before and after school; many go for extra walk and talk sessions throughout the school day too. Walk and talk sessions provide numerous physical health benefits as well as the perfect setting to start a conversation about a topic that may not be so easy. If you would like to find out how to create the perfect balanced day for your school dog please get in touch for a friendly chat about our affiliate school dog training programme. #WalkYourDogMonth #DogWalkingAdventures

🎃A bit of haloween fun in school this week for our schools dogs with our trick or treat card games. Indi has had great fun playing with the cards as a dice game to start her sessions, she loves landing on treat!!! 🦴Our teams are always developing new creating ways to promote engagement and fun for all 🎲🎃

We are so incredibly proud of Lisa, Mable and Autumn; you do an incredible job and we are over the moon that you are recognised in these prestigious awards. All of our teams make a huge difference to the lives of the children they work with every day 🐾

Some of our school dogs had a great time at a local agility field yesterday ☀️ They did some training with our lead dog trainer Nic, but most of all they had fun exploring and playing. It’s so important for our school dogs to have a careful balance of work, rest, training, play and enrichment which equals happy thriving school dogs 🐾

birthday Luna
birthday Luna

From all of us at CAL we want to wish Luna a very happy 3rd birthday. Luna is one of school dog Polly's puppies and she has been working at Calthorpe Park School since she was a puppy. She has worked hard and has passed her foundation training, Bronze award and is working towards her Silver award. 🐾 #schooldog #schoolassistancedog #wellbeingdog #school #dog #canineassistedlearning

The fabulous Lola @st_josephs_college_ipswich during this mornings assembly #schooldog #wellbeingsog #goldenretriever #schoolassembly #sachoolwellbeing

We very unusually have one boy available from our recent littler, these pups have been bred from our school dog Polly for their temperament to go on to be school / therapy and assistance dogs. Please message for more information.

Is there a better way to start the week than a puppy visit! Our pups loved visiting a year one class this morning, the smiles and laughter from all the children was incredible. #schooldog #schoolwellbeing #mondaywellness #labradoodlepups #puppies #mentalhealthawarenessweek

Affiliate school dog trainer Jess had a super training visit to see @madi_cockapoo this week. Why have we taught Madi how to touch our conversation cards? 🐾 Madi is choosing the topic to talk about 🐾 Improve engagement 🐾 Promote conversation 🐾 Enjoyment for the school dog and student 🐾 Promote wellbeing 🐾 Most importantly to create smiles!! #schooldog #wellbeingdog #therapydog #schooldogtraining #cockapoo #dogoftheday #mentallyhealthy #mentallyhealthyschools #schoolintervention #learningforlife #kidsandogs #dogtricks #school #schoollife

Our school dog interventions are fun and engaging for all!! #schooldog #animalasstedinterventions

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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.