BOARD
Bianca Beham
President
Graduate Educator, Specialist in Animal-Assisted Intervention, Certified Human-Dog-Team
Professional role as a specialist consultant for education and quality development
She has been working on the integration of animals-particularly regarding ethical aspects since the 1990s. She is also active as lecturer and author.
E-mail: b.beham@isaat.org
Bettina Freimut
Vice President & Lead Accreditation Board
B. Prof. in Social Work (Educator), Personal Coach, Goverment-certified Dog Trainer and Specialist in Animal Assisted Pedagogy
She successfully runs the Institute Tiere im Einsatz and, since 2009, the training center for dogs and humans “Die SachHundigen”; she is also active as a freelance professional in Animal Assisted Pedagogy, working as a AAI project coach, as an international lecturer, networker and as an author. In addition to dogs, hens, rabbits, ginea pigs, donkeys, horses and sheep enrich her animal-assisted educational programs.
E-mail: b.freimut@isaat.org
Silke Nolte
Treasurer
Educator, Specialist in Animal Assisted Intervention, certified Human-Dog-Team
Ward manager of an adulescent unit in a child and adulescent psychiatric facility; engaged in animal-assisted education in aa inpatient setting, advocates for the establishment of quality standards in Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI), and possesses extensive experience in managing association affairs and finances
E-mail: s.nolte@isaat.org
Candela Hüsgen
Secretary and Contact Person
Head Office of the ISAAT
Candela Jasmin Hüsgen has more than fifteen years of experience in animal-assisted interventions with dogs. She has completed a very goal-oriented development in human and animal welfare, training and therapy. She began as a kindergarten teacher, followed by the study of Animal Management, bringing two passions together: Working with children and dogs. She specialises in dog-assisted interventions, is a registered dog trainer, and studied pedagogical science with a central focus on ethics and policies at Radboud University. Her work is based on high ethical and quality standards without losing focus on balancing all needs: the client, the dog and the professional.
She also works as an animal-assisted therapist for children with behavioural problems living in residential homes.
Since 2021, she has been working as PhD at the Radboud Univerity and is researching Dog Assisted Therapy in the Netherlands.
Next to these activities, she has been a speaker at different conferences and is a docent for animal-assisted therapy with dogs.
Since november 2023 she is acting as Secretary of the Isaat
E-Mail: info@isaat.org
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