Sponsor a Therapy Dog

Meet Lakeside School’s newest staff, Boomerang.

This facility dog engages the students unconditionally and without words, creating a partnership that strengthens the student’s determination to persevere.

Boomerang has been trained by Susquehanna Service Dogs to work with our students in classes and counseling sessions. Four Lakeside staff members have been trained alongside of him and will be visiting classes to introduce him to students. We look forward to sharing stories about how he is helping individual students.

Schools have found that having a dog constantly available allows teachers and staff members to better meet students’ needs, keep them safe, and ease difficult situations. Research has shown that a facility dog can help students improve academic skills, deal with stress, remain calm, overcome depression, and increase social skills. With the assistance of a facility dog, students learn empathy, sharing and patience. Boomerang will help increase attendance and academic productivity, lighten the atmosphere and boost morale.

Our facility dog has gone through a two year service dog training program by a service dog organization. The dog has passed several classes and has been tested on temperament, obedience, social behavior and over 40 different commands. The staff who are working with Boomerang have participated in a two-week training to be certified to work with the dog and to understand all that the dog is able to do with and for our students.

Boomerang will make a difference in the lives of our students.

Call 215-542-7737 to see how you can help or go to our website, lakesidelink.com, click on the donation button on the left hand side under quick links. You can also go to our facebook page (Lakeside Educational Network) and see more pictures of Boomerang and how he is helping our students.

It’s your donation that will allow us to continue to offer this and other highly trained facility dogs for the benefit of our students.

Lakeside School accepts regular and special education students in grades 6-12 who need a small, structured and nurturing therapeutic environment where academic success is a priority. Lakeside School is a licensed private academic school (PDE), an approved provider of alternative education (AEDY) and a licensed day treatment program (DPW).