| Series |
Inspirations ; 1
Education in video. ^A1165896
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| Abstract |
Green Chimneys is a special school 65 miles north of New York City, catering for children with emotional, behavioural, social and learning difficulties. It's an unusual school, in that it has a 165-acre farm with 200 farm animals, and a wildlife rehabilitation centre. Central to the school's ethos is a belief in the therapeutic power of the interaction between children and animals. Assistance-dog training classes are one example of the way animal-related activities are woven into daily life. The dogs learn new skills, while their trainers, the pupils, learn how to bond with other living things. The learning-with-nature ethos extends to the classroom, where we see a science lesson that is part of a project on raising brook trout. And in the open air, pupils help to release rescued animals back into the wild. |
| General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (VAST: Academic video online). Available via World Wide Web. |
| Language | This edition in English. |
| Genre/form | Instructional television programs. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction television programs. |
