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Literacy (7)
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.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1001_021001_READdogs.html
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.
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.
http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20030825/005666.html
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]
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=810&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=952976&om=1
This library program uses dogs as listeners. Kids gain skills reading out loud. One child even read in Chinese. [Pleasanton Weekly]
http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/morgue/2002/2002_11_29.paws29.html
Television report on program in Salt Lake City in which children read to dogs that "listen." Comments from some of the kids.
http://web.ksl.com/dump/news/cc/famnow/dogread.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.
http://home.earthlink.net/~kaylasclub/
Last Updated: 2007-01-02 17:39:57
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