Read a Book

Intervention Summary

Goals: Speech intelligibility, Memory, Leisure
Patient task: Read aloud from the book, Andy: A Dog’s Tale
Dog task: Listen to patient’s reading
Scale: Follow-up questions
Equipment needed: Book

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Intervention Overview

Your patient can work on their speech therapy goals and learn about what it takes to become a service dog! Have your patient read aloud from the book, Andy: A Dog’s Tale, and challenge them on their speech intelligibility and memory with reading comprehension questions afterwards.

Patient Instructions

• Read aloud from the book

• Ask follow-up questions about the story

Dog’s Role

• Dog sits or lays near the patient as a captive audience

• Interaction level: passive

Scaling

Make it harder:

• Patient summarizes what they read

• Read pages then fill out worksheet of target information from memory

Additional Notes

• Equipment: Andy: A Dog’s Tale book

  • Proceeds from this book support Canine Companions mission to provide service dogs free of charge