This high school teacher travels around town with his therapy dog to brighten up even the roughest days.
CHESTER SPRINGS, Pennsylvania -- John DeSantis is a high school teacher at Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. And when he is not solving equations, he is becoming part of the solution to anxiety among all ages.
Starting in late 2019, DeSantis enrolled Ingrid in therapy dog training. All was going well until the COVID-19 pandemic placed a several-month pause on their efforts. After passing a certification test and completing five different levels of behavior classes, Ingrid was ready to meet her community. "We go out and do these visits for free," said DeSantis."I don't charge. I don't ask for any money. I don't take donations."
"With the pandemic, there's a lot more anxiety types of behaviors that are seeing," he said."So, the dog therapy visits are good because they break up the boredom and it does help them with their socialization.""Especially with where we are right now in the pandemic and the rules that we have to maintain, I think it does help to intersperse things such as recess and surprises like Ingrid," said Miller.
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