Move over book worms and make way for Assistance Dogs Australia’s ‘Reading Labs’, the well trained helpers reeling in reluctant readers - book, line and sinker.
Assistance Dogs Australia’s ‘Reading Labs’ program will be launched by Andy Griffiths, one of Australia's most successful authors and ‘Reading Labs’ Ambassador today, 6th Dogtober, as part of our fundraising and awareness month.
‘Reading Labs’ is an innovative educational program where Assistance Dogs in the community visit schools with their recipients, helping students with reading difficulties. And while they may look like your average dogs, don’t judge a book by its cover – these pups can achieve anything!
"The idea of the program is that the children read to the dogs, who not only make reading more fun, but who provide a non judgemental audience,” Assistance Dogs Australia’s Top Dog, CEO Richard Lord said. “The dogs involved will not only have changed the life of someone with a physical disability but will now enhance the abilities of children in the classroom.”
The recipient’s involved in the program are just as important as their dogs, helping the children with unfamiliar words and also enhancing the child’s comprehension skills by getting them to explain what is happening in the story to the dog.
It seems the kids involved with the Reading Labs are in good paws.
Assistance Dogs Australia is a non profit organisation that trains Labradors and Golden Retrievers to give freedom and independence to people with physical disabilities.
For more information on Dogtober click here to visit the Dogtober website
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