In April 2023, Judith Affolter founded the Zurich-based association “Association Artemis” along with Natalie Gilgen and Francesca Crea. Its purpose is to promote reading for people with reading difficulties with the help of so-called “reading dogs”, as well as to provide (socio-)educational support for people with special needs with the help of suitable dogs as companion animals. The association does not pursue any commercial purposes and does not seek to make a profit.
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Natalie Gilgen, social pedagogue, has researched the acquisition of skills by children and adolescents through dog-assisted interventions in stationary socio-educational institutions; dog lover
Francesca Crea, Francesca Crea, health specialist, works in social institutions and organisations of the city of Zurich (SEB), former employee of Pfarrer Sieber Werke; dog lover
Francesca Crea, Fachperson Gesundheit, arbeitet in Sozialen Einrichtungen und Betrieben der Stadt Zürich (SEB), ehem. Mitarbeit Pfarrer Sieber Werke; Hundeliebhaberin
Natalie Gilgen, Sozialpädagogin, hat zu Kompetenzerwerb von Kindern und Jugendlichen durch hundegestützte Interventionen in stationären soz.päd. Institutionen geforscht; Hundeliebhaberin