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SIGNING AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISNA AND SANTA PAULA UNIVERSITY AND SANTA PAULA CLINIC
On March 10, 2020, a Collaboration Agreement between the Snoezelen International Association (ISNA) and the Santa Paula University and the Santa Paula Clinic was signed at the Rector’s Office of the Santa Paula University in San José (Costa Rica). The agreement was signed by Isna by Dr. Maria José Cid and by the Santa Paula University and the Santa Paula Clinic by the Rector Doña Rocio Valverde.
Since 2013, professionals from Costa Rica and other Central American countries are being trained at the Santa Paula University as Snoezelen Therapists, recognized and accredited from Isna. Maria José Cid and Montse Cervellera have been Isna’s recognized teachers who have carried out all the training. To highlight the Santa Paula University as a pioneer in Central America in the implementation of the Snoezelen Methodology. Santa Paula has led the dissemination of the snoezelen concept, the training of professionals (6 promotions of accredited professionals who have followed the entire training process until 2020), throughout this geographical area. Also noteworthy is the Santa Paula Clinic, which has incorporated snoezelen methodology in different areas (early care, physical therapy, language therapy, palliative care, occupational therapy, among others) as an intervention framework incorporated by different professionals.
Also noteworthy is the research that the Santa Paula University is leading in the Snoezelen Methodology. In this sense, the Scientific Review THERAPEUTICS of the Santa Paula University itself is promoting and leading various scientific studies on the influence and impact of the snoezlen methodology on different groups (especially children, mental illness, dementia and Alzheimer and Intellectual Disability, as well as the social impact on disadvantaged communities in the country).
Isna International thanks the Santa Paula University and the Santa Paula Clinic for their active involvement in the dissemination of the Sniezelen Intervention, Methodology and Philosophy in Central America.
Maria Jose Cid
Member of the Isna International Board of Directors.
Catalonia, April 2020.
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