Featured here in the Cornwall Local is our very own Kathy Brennan with her therapy dog Riley at the Cornwall Library R.E.A.D. Program. Also featured in the article is Seamus & Fletcher, 2 more of our therapy dogs. The Cornwall Library hosts the R.E.A.D. program twice a month at the library in the evening. To sign up to have your child read with one of our therapy dogs, … [Read more...]
READING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE DOGS (R.E.A.D.)
Reading Educational Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) R.E.A.D. stands for Reading Education Assistance Dogs and is a program launched in 1999 by a non-profit organization, Intermountain Therapy Animals, to help children learn to read by reading to a dog. So, why read to a dog? Sometimes children don't want to read or have difficulty reading because they are afraid. Fear makes … [Read more...]
PAWSITIVE READING
Pawsitive Reading Today's blog post is about pawsitive reading. What is pawsitive reading? Pawsitive reading is what we aim to achieve by participating in R.E.A.D. (Reading Educational Assistant Dog) programs. R.E.A.D. programs are aimed towards children who have difficulty reading. In R.E.A.D. programs, a child reads to a R.E.A.D. team member's dog, who creates a … [Read more...]
