'We in Mitchell House value ourselves and others. We strive to show this by respecting ourselves and each other as individuals, respecting each other's rights as individuals, fulfilling our own responsibilities and helping others fulfill theirs."
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Mitchell House is an Education Authority Belfast Region co-educational special school for children with physical disabilities. Most of our students have an associated learning difficulty to some degree.
Here are some pictures from my class visits in Post Primary this week ๐
Youโll notice from these pictures that I do more than just give out cuddles, my reading skills are developing really well ๐คฃ
This is my very own TEAM RAIA ๐
I was super excited to introduce my favourite doggie trainer Gary from @assistancedogsni to my human handlers in school this week. We had a whole training session all about me ๐ I was able to show them lots of the things I learnt with Gary during my Doggie School ๐
I love going out and about with my team to visit their class๐พ. Itโs so important for me that I know I have a handler to look to for my commands - they also make sure Iโm always on my best behaviour ๐คฃ
PS a few of my team are missing from this pic, I love them too ๐
This is what happens when everyone goes home and Iโve a lovely wet slide to play on ๐คฃ
What a very busy time Iโve been having! Iโve loved getting to know my new friends in the Ducklings, they were even asking when I was coming back again! Of course I love all my old friends too. Iโve been getting used to my new timetable and learning how to behave for all my new Team Raia handlers!
It was our BIG graduation day today ๐ Me and my 6 siblings were so proud to celebrate all the hard work of training over the last months ๐พ Iโm now an official Assistance Dog ๐๐ป @assistancedogsni
We had Doggie School every Friday and lots of practice up the corridors and in the classrooms. Gary, our amazing trainer, deserves a big medal for his patience with us and our humans too! Iโm super excited to celebrate my graduation in school with all my chums very soon.
I even got an extra special certificate for learning how to actually walk and not just sit looking at my Mummy ๐คฃ when I was a little tiny puppy.
I was very happy to see my @wingitbelfast friends Ellie and Ethan at my graduation too ๐
What a special day ๐ How do you think we should celebrate in school?
This week I was so happy to welcome everyone back to school, my tail was wagging a lot ๐ I think they were happy to see me too, there were a lot of smiles ๐ One of my chums thanked me for my visit and told me that the cuddle had made them feel relaxed ๐ฅฐ I love my job!
Iโve been in school the last couple of weeks getting ready for the new school year ๐. I was so excited to go on a big trip out for the staff wellbeing day - can anyone spot me in the group photo? ๐
The other big excitement this week was my last Doggie School class with my bro and sisters - watch this space for our BIG graduation party coming up very soon! ๐
This was my very first visit to @wingitbelfast. Theyโre a pretty cool bunch! Just for the record I did NOT eat any of the chicken ๐ it was only my chums who had that very special privilege. I will tell you that it smelt pretty good so is worth checking out! Thanks @wingitbelfast for everything youโve done for me ๐
The link is in my bio to see the full episode including my cousin Peanut ๐พ
#AssistanceDogsNI #assistancedog #schoolassistancedog
This was only my first week in school! My friends were amazing in this weekโs episode ๐
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