Danny, a greyhound, has an important job at Oakhill primary school in Tamworth, Staffordshire. He trained for five months to become a “listening” dog. As a representative of the
Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ) program he listens to children read. He is a registered therapy dog who helps children improve their literacy skills by listening nonjudgmentally to students. The program has been found to improve the confidence and self esteem of young readers.
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2 comments:
This is all kinds of awesome. Dogs rock.
I had no idea that the point was for kids to have nonjugmental listeners. Interesting. The read to the dogs program at our library is really popular. I always had to limit Ella to a shorter book, or she'd have read to the same dog all day.
Did I tell you about the woman I met who owned seven greyhounds? That's a lot of dogs!
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