By Madeline Bernstein | President, spcaLA
100th Graduating Class of spcaLA's Teaching Love & Compassion (TLC)™
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA) is proud to announce that the 100th class of Teaching Love & Compassion (TLC)™ graduated this February from East Whittier Middle School. TLC is spcaLA’s renowned youth program that aims to break the cycle of violence by pairing students with shelter dogs to teach empathy and compassion for animals and all living things. TLC began in 1994 and has reached approximately 1,000 students in the Los Angeles area.
The TLC program helps students identify and break the cycle of violence by building self-esteem and increasing respect for all living creatures. With the help of spcaLA shelter dogs and hands-on dog training, students practice patience, compassion, and empathy by working through the conflicts and challenges of performing as a group to train shelter animals. Anger identification, conflict solving, empathetic choices, anti-bullying, kindness toward others, and other violence-prevention topics are the focus of TLC discussions and classroom activities. These topics help students identify their own assumptions, increase knowledge and positive attitudes towards animals, others, and self, and overall increase empathetic attitudes.
When spcaLA created TLC in 1994, there was no other program like it.. Since 1877, spcaLA has sought to prevent cruelty to animals and a great place to start is with young people. If we can break the cycle of violence, we can make the world a kinder place for people and animals.
Thank you for making this program possible!
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By Madeline Bernstein | President, spcaLA
By Madeline Bernstein | President, spcaLA
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