Read dog program

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Email Address. First Name. Last Name. Customers or Patrons? About Us Publiclibrariesonline. As a child interacts with a TDI dog, they develop a better understanding of a dog.

This program is of course, geared to helping the children. But, there are benefits for handlers, too. It gives people an opportunity to give back to the community.

By helping children become better readers, TDI Volunteers are helping them to become better students, and in the future, more productive citizens. Many people have good dogs within their own community and simply do not realize it! They can be your eyes and ears and voice, watching and listening and telling people about your program. They are often great places to begin the discussion about putting together a program. D, has promotional material that can help you introduce and promote the idea of dogs as reading therapists to administrators and facility staff.

Visit and interview local dog trainers and recruit them for your cause. They see numerous dogs and handlers on a routine basis and can help you find qualified dogs with generous handlers who can get involved in your program.

Find out if a Pet Therapy Evaluator lives near you and contact them also. What a perfect fit! Puppy Manners. In the Rover program, children with reading difficulties actually read stories to a dog and the dogs love to listen!

Start Your Own Reading Program. Volunteering is easy! You and your dog are a Reading with Rover team! Contact us anytime: Rave Reviews Reading With Rover, a c 3 organization It's always been a struggle to get my child to read each day. I've never seemed to be able to find the right topics to draw him in.

My son will read almost any kind of book during Reading with Rover, and he wants to read for the entire hour! This is so different from how he is at home. I highly recommend this program for any child who is not a fan of reading! Reading With Rover, a c 3 organization It's always been a struggle to get my child to read each day. Reading With Rover, a c 3 organization Testimonial about Reading with Rover program This winter, I was living in southern California and had an opportunity to visit a first grade classroom at the Seneca Elementary School in Moreno Valley.

Barley wore his little RWR vest and we visited the classroom once a week for about 3 months. There were quite a few children in this first grade for which English was a second language and of course, reading was a struggle for them. Barley Read more. Reading With Rover, a c 3 organization I met you about a month ago at Borders while my son with special needs read with Moose.

We were there to see our friends, Aimee and Aaron Shriner and Koa. When I got there I was so impressed. As I mentioned to you at the time that this program goes to Woodmoor, where my son attends school.

It was Mark and Annie that made school something to look forward to and gave my son the confidence to speak to others about Annie, whom he was so proud to be walking! Select dogs to finish Perfecta wagering is available on all races. Select two or more dogs and if any two finish first or second in any order, you win. Play a dog first or second with all other possibilities. You win if that dog finishes first or second.

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