The Doctor Dogs of Happiness: Andrea Souza Cinoterapia at TEDxRecife

Andrea Souza Cinoterapia, the Doctor Dogs of Happiness

Occupational therapist, in 2006 she started to study the benefits given by the use of animals in therapeuthical interventions, starting the use of this means in her practices with children in the garths of the Bar„o de Lucena hospital. In 2010, she implemented the Therapy Assisted by Animals in a Psychosocial Attention Center (CAPS) in Recife, turning EspaÁo Livremente the first CAPS inBrazil having this kind of Therapeutical Resource, adopting the Program of the Resident Dog. In the year of 2012, she managed to get the Therapy Assisted by Animals inside the pediatric infirmaries in Bar„o de Lucena hospital, creating the project Doctor Dogs, highlighting the hospital as a pioneer in the northeastern region offering this assistance, that aims primarily to a greater humanization of the healthcare services.

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