A few words to learn more about each of us
(In alphabetical order)

Jessie Ansorge-JEUNIER

Clinical psychologist and doctor of psychopathology, Jessie has dedicated his thesis to the equine mediation: Mediation equine and mental handicap: an overview of a study of clinical evaluation . She began her university studies in Bordeaux and then she moved to Toulouse where she finished her studies.

Jessie was raised in a rural area and the animals were part of his daily life: they have always attracted and fascinated. During his meeting with her husband, he already owns two donkeys. It attaches quickly to these animals that impress with their very mild temperament and mischievous at the same time. Living in contact with them is very rewarding for Jessie and is therefore quite natural that she became interested in the impact that animals can have on our wellbeing.

Jean-Claude Barrey

Scientific but also teacher and rider. Former eventing rider, obstruction, and dressage in the second category, in the times of St. Georges level. It Dressage Judge since 1985 and in CEC. In the latter discipline, the Anglo-Arab breeding has produced good performers and several stallions.
On an area of 200 hectares, in 1971 he founded a multidisciplinary research station featuring, among others, a Ethology Research Unit, working in behavioral biology, animal ethology and human ethology, including a specialization in equine ethology. This station is working with universities and institutional organizations and develops its own research programs.
Researcher and lecturer in ethology, JCBarrey is a lecturer in continuing education at Paris VI. He trained in equine ethology students instructors to ENE - Saumur from 1986 to 1991. He was or still is involved in many organizations such as the Agricultural Mutual Insurance Fund, the National Stud, the Centre for Forecasting and Evaluation Ministry of Research, Veterinary Schools, the Board of Animal Quebec schools training for careers in the horse, the regular training of therapists with the horse in France, Belgium and Switzerland, etc. ...
He published a book of dressage on teaching Steinbrecht, and collaborated on several books ("Therapies with the horse", "2100, story of the next century", "Prospective global imbalances", "Towards Civilization globalized" ), has produced more than seventy scientific papers and articles, and is the subject of four television programs.

Sandie BELAIR

Sandie is a clinical psychologist. His childhood in the country allowed him to be aware early on the environment, ecology and respect for life in all its forms. Rider, the animal has always been important in his life and the benefits of child-animal relationships were, for her, obvious from his first job experience in the voluntary Paris. Attached to its home region (the Southwest) and willing to provide assistance to special education, she founded in August 2005, the association of child welfare mediation by animal: RESILIENFANCE . Employee of the association today, she is the project manager. She conducts workshops in animal mediation different structures and devices: specialized agencies, social services, educational success program ... with an audience and extremely varied. Since 2006, she set up workshops around animal mediation of parenting: a rich and innovative work that is now bearing fruit. It is also very proud to have developed and participated in an eco-tourism project in Mongolia with a group of children .

Sandie has chosen to specialize with the mediator and the mediator horse dog. She trained as a therapist with the horse with the FENTAC since March 2007 and is referent a dog accompanying social Handi'Chiens since March 2010.

The origin of this site, Sandie wished to gather and share around the animal and mediation practice and actively participate in its recognition.

Sandie is also a trainer and its responsibilities within the University of Bordeaux 2 to talk about his journey to final year students. She participates in several charitable projects in the field of welfare and the environment.

Laurence BRUDER SERGEANT

Laurence has since 1998 as a behaviorist in Alsace. His job is to help homeowners live better with their pets. She has authored or co-author of four books: "the cause of the dogs" (Volume 1 and 2), "I educate myself, my dog" and "canictionnaire illustrated."

Founder of the training school Animæ VOX , she provides training to business relations Male / Pet behaviorist, canine behavior consultant and feline, canine education consultant. Over 100 adults were trained in its various educational interventions, and several hundred children made aware of the reality of the animal. Prevention and fight against domestic accidents for the child in connection with animals is one of the themes dear to his heart. A tutorial training for professionals in education and supervision of children has also been developed and is available on the website ("fast learning modules").

Laurence was contacted by the association Evi'dence to design a training program in Mediation Animal Speaker for the prison, at the invitation of Patricia Arnoux. The project is ongoing.

Catherine Collignon

Catherine is a pet educator specializing in behavioral rehabilitation. She leads ANIMALIN , the French school of clicker-training, education and animal behavior.
In July 2000 it occurs in the first clicker-training workshop organized in France. It will introduce the clicker-training in France.
She is the author of a DVD "The clicker in all its forms," ​​1:40 movie on dog training by the clicker-training.
It is recognized by the Edward Bach Foundation, Mount Vernon - England, as a Certified Bach Flower.
In May 2006, she founded with Dr. Ian Dunbar, veterinarian American author of numerous books on dog training and behavior, the SWBM, Movement speaking professional educators of pet dogs , an association of professional and user friendly methods of positive Education.
At the request of First Editions, she will participate in co-writing the book by Sarah Hodgson "Educating her puppy for Dummies" - Released juin 2007 - 400 pages.
In March 2007 she created "The editions of Engineering Canin", publisher publishing books on how friendly and positves educational and behavioral rehabilitation of the pet.
She is responsible for the dog training program in high school agricultural Gramat where she teaches in the graduate training for future State Education canine BP.
She is a member of the American APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers), the association's most influential internationally in education and animal behavior.
She works with students of the Veterinary School of Toulouse in dog training and is involved in the cycle of training of the French Federation of Guide Dog Schools.

Natasha DARDUIN

Natasha is a clinical psychologist, she is 25 and is now entering its fifth consecutive year as a speaker in the association Resilienfance with Sandie Bélair.

His childhood surrounded by animals (dogs, horses, goats), enabled him to establish a special relationship with each of them and particularly with the horse (rider 10 years), link on which she has always had .

Interested for many years to mediation animal she conducted a research in the university on workshops involving the dog . She has participated in the development of a methodology to assess the impact of attachment to the dog on the development of a secure link and bases and skills of mentally retarded children. She thinks the animal and child psychologist triad is a triad on which it is really critical to look in order to carry out this type of therapy.

Another experience of coaching people with serious illnesses and for some end of life, in a general hospital, reasons for its choice to create a future project to link the practice of mediation animal with this audience.

It is in this context that Natasha wants in their career plan and through experience gained within Resilienfance but also in other structures to enhance his profession of psychology around the practice of mediation that allows animal to addressing the human through other eyes.

Marine Grandgeorge

Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Rennes 2, Navy is also ethologist from his training at the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg. She realized her PhD on the topic of relations between children with autism and pets ( "the link to the animal it allows social and cognitive recovery in children with autism?) , in Interdisciplinary Leadership: ethology, psychology and psychiatry. It was during this experience as Navy realizes the gap that exists between research and practice. Which led him in 2010 to join the association and Unicorn and Phoenix co-host the college science and ethics, hoping to build bridges between researchers on the human-animal relationship and animal mediation practitioners.

Currently she is serving a research associate at the Center for Autism Resources Britain where the study of relationships between children with autism and pets that rubs on the question of early diagnosis and treatment of the severity of Autism. She is involved in various research projects: the European group of researchers conducting a reflection on the mediation by the horse, scientific interest group "Brain - behavior - Society" which aims to develop joint actions of research and training focused on study of the behavior at the interface between the individual and his environment. The issue of human-animal relationship is, of course, any place.

She is also author of Blog Relations between Children and Animals.

Annick Labrot

President and founder of the association ANIKOUNA born in 1960 in Bergerac, Annick worked as special education teacher for 22 years, including 7 years with children in situations of poly-handicap. Parallel owner of donkeys for a dozen years, she combines these two interests by creating in 2004 the association ânikounâ; a meeting place for people with disabilities and donkeys. Annick is a member of Médi'âne , attended meetings in April 2004, and 2008. AFD today, occasionally, in the formations of the stupidity of Martine Jouclas (Lacuche) chuchot'âne for internships.

ânikounâ is run by staff training and educational works regularly with different structure of health and social sector (children and adults) in the Dordogne. Periodically, the association is biased by structures "early childhood" (nursery and kindergarten), recreation centers and retirement homes.

Brigitte Martin

Psychomotor since 1976, Rider, Brigitte uses the horse as a therapeutic mediator in various specialized institutions where it is brought to work. Since 1980, it is used in a day hospital as a psychomotor therapist and the horse. ¹ member of the Board of the National Federation of Therapies With Horse ( FENTAC ), founded in 1986, she works with students, then, in 2000, became responsible for training and finally, in March 2001, she was elected president Darques with Dominique (also psychomotor), co-chair of the federation.

Teacher at the University Pierre et Marie Curie site Pitié-Salpêtrière, with students of 1st year of locomotion. Instructor to student educators in Buc resources. Instructor at the AFAR, training organization for caregivers.

Brigitte has been involved in a project a year Leonardo Da Vinci driven by FITRAM . This work aims to recognize, through Europe, the basic skills to work in animal mediation and mediation in particular equine. Five other European countries are collaborating: Germany, Belgium, Holland, Poland, Slovakia.

Marie-MICHAL Schmelck

Clinical psychologist, Marie is currently working in an ESAT: establishment of a support service through work.

It was during an internship with children with multiple disabilities benefiting from horse therapy session that she was aware for the first time the animal mediation. Even though today's approach is essentially a theoretical approach, the experience of a relationship of 10 years with his labrador allowed him to learn and see the benefit and enjoyment of this link. His interest in animal mediation is a meeting between a professional intuition and personal experience, which led her to believe that this link between man and the animal may have real therapeutic effects.

Its participation in the study group Résilienfance allows through exchanges between professionals think of a project around the animal mediation, whether in his current workplace or in another structure. Its aim is to try to combine in his work as a psychologist, the mother / child bond with a disability or practice involving the animal.

Nicolas Perez

Bordeaux in the soul, Nicolas is Commissioner of Police and has a Master II "Fight against crime and deviance." Sensitive to social problems and aid given to the most vulnerable, he is very committed associatively. Nicolas door also for six years, with all its dynamism the proposed association RESILIENFANCE . He enthusiastically participated in Mongolia project of the association .

It is also responsible for this site and is actively involved in the recognition of the practice. It will shed light on particular legal issues and regulations in general. We also speak about his experience as President in the management of an association working mainly in animal mediation.

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