It’s time to meet a little bit different kind of turtle. One that performes tricks.
Florida psychologist said that this little turtle has helped many children deal with their fears. He has been using Florida in his sessions with patients for a long time.
When 7 year old Ariana Wible started having nightmares a year ago , she went to see Spero and in no time became friend with little turtle.
“I thought he was pretty slow at first, but when I saw him run, he was really fast,” Wible said. “Faster than a regular turtle could run.”
Spero who trained Florida himself said: “I thought it was really cool that you could train a turtle to do that, and I thought anything is possible,” and explained to us how he used Florida to help children to overcome various obstacles, like dealing with parents divorce.
“I put a doll on the back of the turtle, and he literally carried her from one house to the other, back and forth,” Spero said. “And she finally understood the concept that Mommy was going to have a house and Daddy was going to have a house, and it was OK for her to go back and forth.”
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