Training

Training and information Events:

March-April 2009 Training Course ”Dog Handler in Animal Assisted Therapies and Activities” organized in cooperation with the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie and sponsored by the Autonomous Province of Trento

5th – 12th – 19th– 26th October 2010 Training Course “Animal Assisted Activities and Therapies with dogs” addressed to social operators, educators and volunteers. Organized in cooperation with the Volunteer Services Centre of Trento.

September – December 2011 (100 hours) “Educators and handlers of social dogs” carried out within the new District Penitentiary of Trento and addressed to drug addicts in jail. This course was implemented in cooperation with the Department of Justice of Padua.
February 2011 – January 2012 (270 hours) ESF Training Course for young men and women taking part in the Community’s rehabilitation programme, “Social Dogs Handlers”

28th – 29thSeptember 2012 Conference “Analysis and Evaluation of Pet Therapy Activities, towards a national excellence model”. Organized thanks to the Sponsorship of the Ministry of Health, Trentino Alto Adige Region, Autonomous Province of Trento, Municipality of Pergine Valsugana and Associazione Professionale nazionale Educatori cinofili (national association of dog handlers)

January – March 2013 Training Course “Dog, man and environment” addressed to the young men and women of the Social Sciences High School, Arts and Communication Group of the Marie Curie Institute in Pergine Valsugana (Trento).