CPO & CAPS PALS (Pet Away Life Stress)
Animal-assisted interactions are consistently shown to benefit human physical and emotional health - interacting with animals can decrease anxiety and feelings of self-reported loneliness, reduce stress hormones, and lower blood pressure for human friends. The PALS (Pet Away Life Stress) Program allows students to participate in animal-assisted interactions designed to promote coping, connection, and relaxation.
Events
The Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO) and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) work together to offer campus PALS activities, which provide stress reduction for SBU students and the opportunity to learn about new strategies for managing stress and the resources available on campus to support them.
Our PALS events are scheduled throughout the semester.
Find An Event
Meet the PALS pups!
CPO staff coordinate PALS activities in collaboration with Pet Partners and Love on
a Leash, national organizations which provides training and certification for therapy
animals and their humans. Local volunteers in our community dedicate their time and
energy to supporting our campus program - attend an event to learn more about the
PALS pups!
For more information please email patricia.mcguinness@stonybrook.edu.
