Canine+Literacy+-+Improving+Students'+Attitude+Toward+Reading+Using+Therapy+Dogs

Saturday, November 12th Concurrent Session (3:30pm-4:30pm) Literacy/Literature • K-5 //Room 103// We will introduce our long-standing Canine Literacy Program, demonstrate the use of a trained Therapy Dog in the assistance of a reluctant reader and discuss the positive results of more than seven (7) years of formal evaluations of our program. We will present tools to assist others in implementing a successful Canine Literacy Program of their own. Reading Attitude Survey: McKenna, Michael C., and Dennis J. Kear. “Measuring Attitude toward Reading: A New Tool for Teachers.” __The Reading Teacher__ (May 1990): 626‑639.
 * Canine Literacy—Improving Students’ Attitude Toward Reading Using Therapy Dogs**

Various agencies providing dog/handler teams:

Volunteer Training:

Permission Slips:

//Donna Sharpe, Teacher Librarian, Long Beach USD// //Lindsey Mattingly, Reading Specialist, Long Beach USD//