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i0A Day in the Life of a Therapy Dog - http://www.newsregister.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=172415 - A corgi named Fezziwig spends days helping students with his owner, an elementary school counselor. [NewsRegister, McMinville, OR]
 
i0A Dog's Life - http://www.oakridger.com/stories/100603/new_20031006022.shtml - 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]
 
i0Canine Companions May Help Kids Learn to Read - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1001_021001_READdogs.html - 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.
 
i0DEAR Program of Fidos for Freedom: - http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm - 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.
 
i0Dog Therapy Helping Kids Read - http://www.midhudson.org/department/youth/DogTherapy.htm - 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.
 
i0Professor Pups - http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20030825/005666.html - 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.
 
i0Reading Aide Does Her Job by Lying on the Carpet - http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=810&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=952976&om=1 - 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]
 
i0Reading to Rover - http://www.visitingpetprogram.org/Rover.html - For children who struggle with reading aloud in a group. Dogs offer a calm accepting presence for the children to practice. Pictures. In the New Orleans area.
 
i0Reading to the Animals - http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/morgue/2002/2002_11_29.paws29.html - This library program uses dogs as listeners. Kids gain skills reading out loud. One child even read in Chinese. [Pleasanton Weekly]
 
i0Sit Stay Read - http://www.sitstayread.org/About.aspx - Improves literacy skills and fosters a love of animals by partnering reading assistance dogs with children. Includes training and testing for pet and handler. How it works in Chicago. [May not work for all browsers.]
 
i0Unusual Help for Reading Problems - http://web.ksl.com/dump/news/cc/famnow/dogread.htm - Television report on program in Salt Lake City in which children read to dogs that "listen." Comments from some of the kids.
 
i0Welcome To Kayla's Club - http://home.earthlink.net/~kaylasclub/ - 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.
 
i0Who Let the Dogs In (the Library)? - http://www.handinpaw.org/sitstayread.htm - Hand-in-Paw brings the Sit, Stay, Read! program to the Avondale, Alabama, Public Library.
 
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