IMPROVING EDUCATION IN ANIMAL-ASSISTED SERVICES
ERASMUS+ PROJECT #2023-1-PT01-KA122-ADU-000123601
Science is beginning to explain that connecting to animals and nature is fundamental for Health and Wellness.
The Animal-Assisted Services (AAS), include the whole area of using companion animals to help people, including Animal-Assisted Therapies, Animal-Assisted Learning, Service Animals, Emotional support animals, Medical Detection Animals, etc.
In Portugal, the sector of AAS is an innovative activity, not structured or organized. We have an urgent need to improve the education, competencies, and quality of work, getting better knowledge about the latest Programs using companion animals for therapeutic or learning purposes, guaranteeing successful and safe achievement of the clients. Encouraging partnership and cooperation, we will improve the share and spread of insights and we will look for a greater interest from the public, about an innovative, ecological, and sustainable healing approach that are the AAS.
We need to better comprehend what we do in collaboration with animals, and their environment, that leads to a healing process. Is it the animal itself, or a combination of the animal and its environment? Is it its power to bond with another living being?
We believe that networking, connecting people and connecting knowledge is the best way to move forward in this great field of AAS.
This September, we already participated for 4 days, in an amazing activity of TRAINING in Sweden, at Stall Kungsgården in Stockholm.
A group of 4 members of TheKidsFellows-Research Group in Anthrozoology (TKF) Organization’s staff, has already benefited the share of the latest insights in Equine-Assisted Services (EAS) with an international group, within the Annual Meeting of European Equine Assisted Therapy Network (EEATN).
A group of 4 members from our Research Group staff, has already benefited the share of the latest insights in Equine-Assisted Services (EAS) with an international group, within the Annual Meeting of European Equine Assisted Therapy Network (EEATN).
During Training, our staff has gained new perceptions about EAS, at Sweden, and they also have shared their knowledge about the benefits of all kinds of these Services while riding, or on the ground, while interacting with the horses. Until the end of the Project all staff participating in this Project IMPROVING EDUCATION IN AAS will prepare educational materials in cooperation with hosting Institutions, in Lithuania, Sweden, Spain and Germany! Join us and participate too!!
