Animal-Assisted Therapy with Laura Kruger

Are you curious about animal-assisted therapy? 

In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Laura Kruger to talk about how she incorporates her adorable dog, Blaze, into her speech therapy sessions. Laura’s students love working with Blaze while in speech therapy and she’s sharing all of the details of how it works with us today. 

Laura Kruger has been practicing as an SLP for 9 years. She has worked in a variety of settings but currently works in an elementary school servicing children ages 3-12 with varying exceptionalities. Blaze is an 8-year-old goldendoodle and went through a variety of trainings to become a registered therapy dog

Topics covered in this episode include:

• How Laura got started with animal-assisted therapy 
• How Blaze helps students at Laura’s school
• How she incorporates Blaze into her therapy sessions
• Where to get started if you want to bring animals into your therapy sessions
• What training for therapy dogs looks like

If you have ever been interested in animal-assisted therapy, you’re not going to want to miss this episode. Make sure to tune in! 

Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/174

Resources Mentioned: 

Follow Laura and Blaze on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blazethespeechdood/

Check out Laura’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HappyTailsSpeech/about/

Read Laura’s article for ASHA: https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/2021-0601-blaze-therapy-dog

Reserve your seat at The Speech Retreat: http://speechretreat.com

Where We Can Connect: 

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