This is Paws & Think registered therapy dog Mater, listening as one of his favorite students reads to him.
Help youth develop grade level reading with your Reading Education Assistance Dog!
Thank you for your interest in Paws & Think, a leader in using the Human-Animal Bond to enhance lives in the Indianapolis community. We are currently looking for volunteers with well-mannered dogs to become trained reading facilitators and volunteer with our school-based teams. Studies show kids who are unable to read at grade level by the end of 3rd grade are most likely not going to complete high school. Our trained therapy dog teams work in Title 1 schools and in classrooms with children having special needs to provide a non-judgmental learning environment. Science has proven that therapy dogs have a calming effect while also bringing feelings of happiness, creating a perfect situation for development of reading skills, fluency and comprehension.
Paws and Think, Inc. offers
classes for you and your dog to become a therapy team
evaluations to assess your readiness to work as a team
registration and insurance for our volunteer therapy teams
training provided by a licensed Reading Education Assistance Dogs instructor
placement in one of our school-based programs
guidance in your therapy work and friendships with other volunteers
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
For those who have the desire to help but lack the time, consider making a tax-deductible donation to Paws and Think, Inc.
Improving lives through the power of the human-dog connection.
Description
Our Youth-Canine Programs serve youths who need a "paw up". The youths may be academically or behaviorally challenged, disconnected, lacking a positive self-image, incarcerated, at-risk for suicide, or just searching for something that resonates with them. The life skills they learn help prepare them to be responsible employees, effective parents, leaders, and well-adjusted citizens. The dogs they train, many of which are stray, neglected or abused, also benefit by becoming more adoptable by having basic obedience skills and socialization.
Our Animal Assisted Interaction Programs serve individuals of all ages who benefit from the human-animal bond. For example, we provide visitation and therapeutic programs for: grieving children; children with learning disabilities or developmental delays; adults and children in rehabilitation and convalescent centers, schools, and hospitals; and reading programs to improve literacy and linguistic skills. Paws and Think is an affiliate of Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.). and follows their practices to assure quality interactions between dogs and children.
The Indianapolis community also reaps the benefit of our programs, which are aimed at the prevention and early correction of educational, social and behavioral problems.
Animals
Children & Youth
Education & Literacy
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
Indianapolis and Surrounding CommunitiesINDIANAPOLIS, IN46202
