Animal Assisted Education
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Animal Assisted Reading "Tails of Joy" is an Animal Assisted Reading program to enhance literacy skills and to encourage the joys of reading through interaction with trained animals. This program intends to enrich the literacy skills of children in an effective and interesting manner. Animals are ideal reading companions because unlike peers, animals are attentive listeners; they don’t judge or criticize, so children are more comfortable and inclined to forget about their own fears. Our therapy dog is introduced as a reading buddy to these children, a dog who loves to listen to stories. " Would you like to read out a story to your reading buddy?" we ask the child. The child who may find it boring or difficult to read out loud in front of a grown up, will read out enthusiastically to the dog. The dog does not laugh at them or frown on them for making mistakes and the child is guided by the special educator present for the session. Therapy Dog Krunk is our reading assistant dog in Pune. Therapy dogs Chilli, Appy and Neffy are the therapy dogs from Mumabi. This program is ideal for young children as it develops interest in them towards reading. It is recommended for children with reading and learning differences as the animals provides a unique environment where the child overcomes him inhibitions and differences. This program is not only for children with reading and learning disabilities but also for normal children who lack interest in reading activates or find it difficult to read out loud in front of a group. We
conduct these sessions at Libraries, Bookstores, playgroups and schools.
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