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SUMMARY:Making a success of dogs in boarding
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £135\n🎧 Pastoral leads\, all boarding staff\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nDogs have long played a role in boarding house life\, and recent research continues to highlight the positive impact animals can have on children’s wellbeing. While the benefits are well-documented—particularly in supporting mental health—there are also practical and safeguarding considerations that must be addressed. Media portrayals can sometimes amplify concerns\, making it all the more important to approach the topic with clarity and balance. \nThis seminar explores current research on the role of dogs in school and boarding settings\, examines common risks and challenges\, and shares practical ideas and real-life examples for integrating dogs safely and effectively into boarding environments. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nThe latest research on the mental health and wellbeing benefits of dogs in boarding schools\nUnderstanding the risks\, including health\, safety\, and liability concerns\nPractical strategies for introducing and managing dogs in a boarding setting\nReal-world case studies highlighting successful approaches and lessons learned\n\nLearning outcomes: \nBy the end of the session\, participants will be able to: \n\nDescribe the key benefits of having dogs in boarding environments\, particularly in relation to student wellbeing\nIdentify and assess potential risks\, and understand how to mitigate them responsibly\nExplore and implement effective strategies for integrating dogs into boarding house life\nDraw insights from case studies to inform their own approach\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker:  \nJames Plumer\, CEO – Canine Assisted Learning Ltd  \nJames is founder of Canine Assisted Learning Ltd and therapy dog trainer. He delivers dog therapy programmes across schools with the aim to support pupil wellbeing and educational needs. The company has worked with over 300 schools and service approximately 200 hours a week of Canine Assisted Interventions across the entire spectrum of educational establishments. Their services include refining and developing animal assisted therapy\, specifically with dogs in schools.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/making-a-success-of-dogs-in-boarding-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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SUMMARY:Prep Forum
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ Free of charge\n🎧 Heads\, deputy heads\, heads of boarding\n📍 Online \n\nForum outline: \nBSA regional forums are held once per term and offer members a valuable opportunity to connect\, share best practice\, and explore key topics relevant to boarding. These informal sessions encourage open discussion\, idea sharing\, and peer support. \nAll forums are free to attend for BSA members. \nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nJeremy Banks\, Headmaster\, Caldicott School\, BSA Prep Forum Chair \nJeremy Banks joined Caldicott as Headmaster in April 2018 and has since led a number of ambitious strategic developments\, always putting the boys’ needs and wellbeing at the forefront of his decision-making. In 2020\, he established the Caldicott Foundation with the twofold aim of investing in capital projects and supporting talented boys from diverse backgrounds through scholarships and bursaries. \nHe was educated at an all boys’ prep school in Nottingham before boarding at Uppingham in the late 1980s and then going in to read Geography and Education at the University of Warwick. In a 10 year career at Dulwich Prep\, Jeremy was first Assistant Director of Studies for four years\, then Housemaster for a further four years. Jeremy became Deputy Head of Beachborough School in 2006 and then Headmaster of the same school in 2013. \nJeremy completed a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership in 2010 for which he received a Distinction. As a serving member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) he has been Chairman of the Education Committee and has just accepted a new role as Prep Boarding Representative. \n\nDavid Walker\, Executive Director\, Boarding & Education and Director\, BSA/TIOB\n \nDavid is the Executive Director\, Boarding and Director BSA/TIOB and joined the BSA group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa\, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA\, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/prep-forum/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Forum,Online
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