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sushi_78 · 09-16-2019, 03:57 AM

My mum works in a special school for severely disabled children and once a year a company comes in with various animals to show the children. This year they had a Syrian hamster. The purpose of this is to stimulate the children and to expose them to a variety of different sensations (e.g snake scales, claws on skin, fur etc.) which really helps their condition. Most of children haven't got enough motor control to be "grabby" or to hurt the animals.

A lot of pet therapy programs focus more on the calming effect on having an animal on the lap and stroking it, a hamster wouldn't really be suitable for this.

09-16-2019, 03:57 AM
sushi_78 Hamster Overlord Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: London Posts: 763	Re: Pet Therapy Programs My mum works in a special school for severely disabled children and once a year a company comes in with various animals to show the children. This year they had a Syrian hamster. The purpose of this is to stimulate the children and to expose them to a variety of different sensations (e.g snake scales, claws on skin, fur etc.) which really helps their condition. Most of children haven't got enough motor control to be "grabby" or to hurt the animals. A lot of pet therapy programs focus more on the calming effect on having an animal on the lap and stroking it, a hamster wouldn't really be suitable for this.