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]
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.
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.
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 dog…
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…
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.
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]
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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