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- Title: Teaching Respect, Responsibility, And Kindness Through Dog Safety Lessons (Teaching Strategies) (Report)
- Author : Childhood Education
- Release Date : January 22, 2010
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 198 KB
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Pets play an important role in children s lives. Although relationships with animals bring much joy and numerous developmental benefits to many children, not all encounters with animals are positive. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that each year, 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs; the rate of dog bite-related injuries is highest for children ages 5 to 9 years. While these injuries might involve an incident with stray or loose dogs, having a dog in the household is also associated with a high incidence of dog bites, both among children and adults (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.). These statistics point to the need for education about safe interactions with dogs for all children, especially for those younger than 9 years old. During the past decade, humane educators, early childhood educators, and other researchers have consistently called for the distribution of knowledge and skills that would empower young children around dogs. Jalongo (2008) shared common situations and strategies for interacting with dogs, with the recommendation of incorporating them in the early childhood curricula. Research worldwide supports the effectiveness of these integrated programs. For instance, in the "Prevent-a-Bite" program in Australia, an accredited handler and dog team would demonstrate a 30-minute lesson on various "do's and don'ts" of behavior around dogs to primary schoolchildren. Seven to 10 days later, an experiment was set up with a docile Labrador retriever. The findings showed that the children who had received the intervention displayed greater precautionary behavior than the children in the control schools (Chapman, Cornwall, Righetti, & Sung, 2000). Other studies (e.g, Wilson, Dwyer, & Bennett, 2003) suggest that participation in a brief educational dog safety program benefits children ages 4 to 6 years old. Spiegel (2000) found that "the program results appeared to be highly effective in helping children understand how to prevent or avoid potentially threatening situations involving dogs" (p. 164).
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