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| Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. -Richard Steele |
What is R.E.A.D.®?
The Reading Education Assistance Dogs® (R.E.A.D.) program improves children’s reading and
communication skills by employing a powerful method; reading to a dog. But not just any dog.
R.E.A.D. dogs are registered therapy animals who volunteer with their owner/handlers as a
team, going to schools, libraries and many other settings as reading companions for children.
Today, hundreds of registered R.E.A.D. teams work throughout the United States and Canada.
R.E.A.D. is one of those ideas that, in the word of Bill Moyers, “pierces the mundane to arrive at
the marvelous.”
Where Does R.E.A.D. Happen?
R.E.A.D. programs are being implemented all across the country in:
Creative new ideas and variations occur with the teams all the time!
Need more information? Check out the ITA/R.E.A.D.
web site or check Calendar section of this website for
upcoming seminars.
READ to Me article by Anne Henderickson
Star Tribune 5/31/2008
The Reading Education Assistance Dogs® (R.E.A.D.) program improves children’s reading and
communication skills by employing a powerful method; reading to a dog. But not just any dog.
R.E.A.D. dogs are registered therapy animals who volunteer with their owner/handlers as a
team, going to schools, libraries and many other settings as reading companions for children.
Today, hundreds of registered R.E.A.D. teams work throughout the United States and Canada.
R.E.A.D. is one of those ideas that, in the word of Bill Moyers, “pierces the mundane to arrive at
the marvelous.”
Where Does R.E.A.D. Happen?
R.E.A.D. programs are being implemented all across the country in:
Creative new ideas and variations occur with the teams all the time!
Need more information? Check out the ITA/R.E.A.D.
web site or check Calendar section of this website for
upcoming seminars.
READ to Me article by Anne Henderickson
Star Tribune 5/31/2008
(READING EDUCATION ASSISTANCE DOGS®)
elementary schools libraries preschools and child care facilities before and after school programs healthcare facilities boys and girls clubs youth detention facilities |
ITA/R.E.A.D. Permission for portion of R.E.A.D. brochure reprint
granted 7/25/2007 paula@therapyanimals.org
Photo Credits:
Team Sassy "READ WITH DOGS"
Charlie, Cobi and Annei Downtown Dogs Minneapolis
Team Ginger Treece at Nokomis Library TD Inc.
granted 7/25/2007 paula@therapyanimals.org
Photo Credits:
Team Sassy "READ WITH DOGS"
Charlie, Cobi and Annei Downtown Dogs Minneapolis
Team Ginger Treece at Nokomis Library TD Inc.
