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...]
