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A Day in the Life of a Therapy Dog
- A corgi named Fezziwig spends days helping students with his owner, an elementary school counselor. [NewsRegister, McMinville, OR] |
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A Dog's Life
- Levi, Rascal, and Magie and their owners are part of (HABIT) Human Animal Bond in Tennessee. They visit nursing homes in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. [Oak Ridger Online] |
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Animal-Assisted Learning
- Experiments in using the natural bond with animals to relieve stress in children. Love, compassion, and empathy are vital concepts for challenged children. |
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Canine Companions May Help Kids Learn to Read
- Salt Lake City program in which kids read to dogs. The children have shown dramatic improvement in skills, and other states are now following Utah''s lead. National Geographic. |
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Canine "Literacy Mentors" Lead Pack in Reading
- Children learn by reading to dogs (and a few cats) trained to "listen" attentively. This pilot program in Salt Lake City is spreading across the country. |
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DEAR Program of Fidos for Freedom:
- Encourages children to read one-on-one with therapy dog and a trained volunteer. Each child is matched with a Therapy Dog Team for a semester. In Laurel, Maryland. |
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Dog Therapy Helping Kids Read
- H.A.R.T. (Human-Animal Relational Therapies) brings therapy dogs with their handlers to the Mahopac (New York) Library where children learn to read better when they read to the dogs. |
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Four-Legged Listeners Help Improve Kids' Reading Skills
- A white dog named Merry Christmas and five other pet therapy dogs are taking part in "4 Paws for Reading" program at the Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN) Library. Dogs and owners are trained and screening to be designated as special literacy mentors. (The Leaf-Chronicle) |
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Professor Pups
- Therapy dogs lend a paw to children learning to read. The dogs don''t rush the kids or interrupt them. Princeton and central New Jersey. |
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Reading Aide Does Her Job by Lying on the Carpet
- Students read to Annabelle, a beagle, who listens politely. This Canine-Assisted Reading Education (CARE) program is run by Caring Canines, a volunteer organization that offers animal-assisted activities in the Baltimore-Washington area. [Laurel Leader] |
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Reading to Rover
- For children who struggle with reading aloud in a group. Dogs offer a calm accepting presence for the children to practice. Pictures. In the New Orleans area. |
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Reading to the Animals
- This library program uses dogs as listeners. Kids gain skills reading out loud. One child even read in Chinese. [Pleasanton Weekly] |
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R.E.A.D. is a Pawsitive Program for Kids of All Ages
- Children who have had difficulty in learning to read are helped by reading stories to therapy dogs. Delta Society article about a program in Salt Lake City. |
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See Spot Read
- Therapy dogs provide attentive ears to children who often do not have the confidence to read in front of classmates. Philadelphia Inquirer. |
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Sit Stay Read
- Improves literacy skills and fosters a love of animals by partnering reading assistance dogs with children. Includes training and testing for pet and handler. How it works in Chicago. [May not work for all browsers.] |
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Unusual Help for Reading Problems
- Television report on program in Salt Lake City in which children read to dogs that "listen." Comments from some of the kids. |
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Welcome To Kayla's Club
- A weekly after-school program for gifted, at risk, and special needs students at a middle school outside Houston, TX. Children gain confidence and interpersonal skills. |
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Who Let the Dogs In (the Library)?
- Hand-in-Paw brings the Sit, Stay, Read! program to the Avondale, Alabama, Public Library. |
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Young Readers Find Good Listeners in Dogs
- The Beaverton City Library''s "Read to the Dogs" program aims to encourage reluctant readers. The relaxed atmosphere encourages children to read. [The Oregonian] |
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