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The association Centre Hippique Mahdia is Such is the program of the association
in the city of Mahdia, in the heart of the Centre Hippique Mahdia to work on skills
Sahel, the Tunisian coast. This region is such as logic, problem solving, fine motor
affected by approximately 3.000 cases of skills, develop autonomy and concentration,
autism recorded. But many are those who sense of organization, social and civic
have not been diagnosed and the denial of sense.

parents remains one of the most difficult
obstacles to overcome. A kind of "school daycare" where the
participants share their activities with 4-
The Open School – IAA project is based on legged collaborators, who play the role of
the new "Guidelines" developed by the stimulating, catalyzing and accelerating
Italian Ministry of Health in 2015 - strict learning in children who have lately

regulations, which are still lacking in suffered the confinement imposed by the
France and Tunisia. coronavirus pandemic, while promoting
their emotional and social education (EES).
In Italy, activities with pets are defined as
Animal Assisted Interventions or IAA
(formerly Zootherapy or pet therapy).

In Tunisia, this multidisciplinary science is
not yet regulated. Similarly, legislation on
ethology and animal welfare does not yet
exist in Tunisia, only a recent association
dealing with animal welfare, the "Bien-être
animal ENMV" (École Nationale de

Médecine Vétérinaire) ("Well-being animal
ENMV”, National School of Veterinary
Medicine).

The Open School – IAA project is therefore
a "school" for all children, without doors or
windows, where children are not forced to

remain seated at their desks but are The team.
encouraged to move, to express their joy
without suppressing it and to learn in a
playful way in the outdoors.