The Read Program
Petrovich and the R.E.A.D Program
Petrovich is our special boy who donates his time to children by being a R.E.A.D. program dogs.
The Mission Of The R.E.A.D Program
The mission of the R.E.A.D.® program is to improve the literacy skills of children through the assistance of registered therapy teams as literacy mentors.
The Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program improves children’s reading and communication skills by employing a powerful method: reading to a dog. But not just any dog. R.E.A.D. dogs are registered therapy animals who volunteer with their owner/handlers as a team, going to schools, libraries and many other settings as reading companions for children.
Today, hundreds of registered R.E.A.D. teams work throughout the United States and Canada. R.E.A.D. is one of those ideas that, in the words of Bill Moyers, “pierces the mundane to arrive at the marvelous.”
Intermountain Therapy Animals, a nonprofit organization, launched R.E.A.D. in 1999 as the first comprehensive literacy program built around the appealing idea of reading to dogs, and the program has been spreading rapidly and happily ever since!
Download the R.E.A.D brochure:
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R.E.A.D. frequently asked questions
Washington Post article
Monday, February 12, 2007
USA Today article
Monday, February 12, 2007
Associated Content
December 14, 2006
BNet Business Network
Spring 2005
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