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] (November 21, 2003)
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] (October 6, 2003)
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.
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.
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. (October 9, 2002)
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 dogs.
Dogs' New Trick: Help Kids Read
Children relax by petting a dog as they read. They don't have to wory about the animal correcting them. R.E.A.D. is Reading Education Assistance Dogs. (September 4, 2003)
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) (October 12, 2003)
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. (August 31, 2003)
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