Schools
A large number of studies have shown that interaction with pets - especially dogs, cats and horses - can stimulate positive physical, cognitive, emotional, and social effects in different categories of people such as children, the elderly, people with disabilities, psychiatric patients, and prisoners.
The main effects of pet therapy include reducing anxiety and loneliness, improving mood, socialisation and self-esteem, sensory and motor stimulation, and slowing down cognitive decline. A special and innovative therapeutic practice that is making a significant contribution in environments such as hospitals, retirement homes, institutions for the disabled, therapeutic communities, and prisons, and that represents a valid supplement to traditional therapies and a valuable educational and rehabilitation support centred on the human-animal relationship.
With the Pet Education project, we have trained over 400 students in preschool, primary and secondary schools about the human-animal relationship. The meetings were held by a team of Pet specialists from Arcaplanet at the Istituto Comprensivo Valli and Carasco, who had the opportunity to address different topics, but all fundamental to fully understand how a correct relationship between humans and animals should be outlined.