The Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program is an initiative that strives to improve children's reading and communication skills by 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 other settings as reading companions for children.
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.
Intermountain Therapy Animals, a nonprofit organization, launched R.E.A.D. in 1999 as the first comprehensive literacy program built around the idea of reading to dogs.
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