Marina Nolli Bittencourt, Ph.D.
Objective: To deepen the knowledge about strategies for the promotion of children’s mental health, to allow the use of the handbook "I believe, thus I think" as a tool.
Contents:
- Significance of mental health promotion in nursing practice;
- Use of educational technologies for mental health promotion;
- "I believe, thus I think" handbook as a nursing tool for the promotion of children’s mental health.
Duration: 4 hours
Target audience: Nurses, master’s students, and other people interested in the subject
Maria Isabel Dias Marques, Ph.D.
Tassiana Potrich, Ph.D.
Objective:
- To understand the social attributes of dogs and their facilitating contributions to relationship processes within the context of health, namely in mental health promotion using AAI.
Contents:
For nurses, mental health promotion involves the discovery of new responses that provide favorable conditions for adopting healthy lifestyles, increasing responsibility for the well-being, and self-sufficiency to learn how to deal with their common health problems.
Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) may be an innovative action in promoting the mental health of individuals and groups throughout life. These structured interventions intentionally include animals in different contexts, especially health, education, and social services, with the purpose of promoting therapeutic gains and improvements in health and well-being. They have a goal and professionals direct them according to invention foci and types (AA Therapy, AA Activities, and AA Education). The animal and the professional/volunteer are part of a certified duo.
Although the social and therapeutic powers of animals have been appreciated for long, they were only clinically recognized by Boris Levinson (psychologist) in the 1960s, when he introduced his pet dog, Jingles, in child psychotherapy sessions, designated as Pet-Facilitated Therapy. Currently, evidence shows that one of the several benefits of AAI is the powers of animals, particularly the aid of the dog. The literature review states some effects of AAI on the psychosocial development of the individual.
Duration: 4 hours
Target audience: Nurses, master’s students, and other people interested in the subject
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