It is no secret that we as children feel anxious during doctor visits. And now while sitting there in the clinic as an adult, making your child keep his cool could be quite challenging. But what if a dog were to help? Especially a therapy dog. Then that would make life a lot easier, right?

This is what happens at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida where they partnered with the Reading Paws program to help relieve kids while waiting for the doctor to be available for them. Reading Paws is a program that aims to improve the literacy skills of children through the assistance of nationally registered therapy animals and Crosby the Golden Retriever does his work there.

Pam Edyburn, the coordinator for the family resource center said that “There are so many emotions that are going on when children come to the outpatient clinics. They don’t know what exactly the procedure is going to be, what the appointment is going to be like,” and Crosby there helps in relieving the anxiety that the children face. Not only does Crosby make the children calm down, he also helps in improving their literacy skills.

Article source: clickorlando.com

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