ITA gently pushes the limits of possibilities in each of its therapeutic sessions, so that more therapists, educators and other professionals will recognize the great power of their animals to motivate their clients and spark healing moments, both short- and long-term. And they try to foster an atmosphere that will encourage creative thinking.

The best example of this philosophy to date is ITA's Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program, a truly original adaptation of ITA's AAT/AAA work which, in less than five years, has already had a broad impact on the public as well as the world of Assistance Therapy using animals. The first literacy program to utilize therapy animals to help children improve their reading skills, ITA has now trained over 50 of its own volunteers and over 180 therapy teams in 34 other states to R.E.A.D. with children!