{"id":1046,"date":"2017-03-06T12:40:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiacenter\/?page_id=1046"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:18:22","slug":"group-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aphasiacenter\/current-programs\/group-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Comfort dog Bean and her handler, Officer Geovanni Chevere joined the ARC in the Fall to support a Canine Assisted Treatment group: Persons with Aphasia Training Dogs.\u00a0 Group members learned how to train behaviors with Bean using principles of positive reinforcement.\u00a0 Bean and Geo were a wonderful partners, who helped to foster new conversation from group members inside and outside the therapy room.<\/h6>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/aphasiacenter\/files\/2026\/03\/P1000384-2-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"477\" class=\"size-medium 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