El Perro de Flandes

Animal-assisted education and support

El Perro de Flandes is an educational organization based in Madrid that provides animal-assisted interventions (AAI). Its team includes professionals in education, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and psychology. It works with dogs and birds of prey selected, trained, and socialized to take part in its programs.

Services and approach

The organization uses its own registered method, EE (Energy and Empathy). Its interventions are integrated into the protocols and programs of partner centers: health or education professionals prepare a Basic Programming Unit (UBP) with objectives and content adapted to identified needs, then work with an animal-assisted therapy technician and the therapy animal to carry out the intervention. Services are provided at a center or at the participant's home.

Veterinarians with relevant expertise monitor the animals, and each animal meets the identity accreditation requirements established by current law.

Areas of focus

The organization groups the benefits of its interventions into four areas:

• Cognitive: increased observation, attention, and concentration; improved memory and perceptual abilities.
• Emotional: improved independence, self-confidence, and sense of security; stronger empathy and emotional management; improvement in anxiety and depression symptoms.
• Social: development of social skills and relationship skills; improved communication, active listening, and adaptability.
• Physical: increased motor coordination; reduced tonic reflexes and related reactions; increased neural connections and brain plasticity.

Team

The published professional profile is Álvaro Palomo Mateo, who holds a teaching diploma from the Complutense University of Madrid and is an animal-assisted intervention technician. He reports 10 years of experience working with and collaborating with several companies and associations.

Contact

Phone: 686 79 42 57. Email: intervenciones@elperrodeflandes.es. The organization is on Facebook and Instagram.

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