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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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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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DEAR Program of Fidos for Freedom: - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm
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 - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm
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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Professor Pups - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm
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 - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm
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 - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm
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 - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm
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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Sit Stay Read - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm
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 - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm
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 - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm
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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