The purpose of the Laboratory of Research and Application in Infant’s Touch is to promote scientific research, to provide services to third parties and to strengthen educational work and Lifelong Learning programs, in the field of Therapeutic Touch in the light of Early Preventive Counseling, with the aim of promoting Infant Mental Health.

Specifically, the areas of activities of the Laboratory are:

1. Development of research activity in the context of Early Experiences in the promotion of social, emotional and cognitive development during infancy
2. Development of research activity with an emphasis on the effects of Therapeutic Touch, in the system of physical, social, cultural and historical developmental contexts of infant development
3. Provision of training services for those interested in scientifically proven, low-cost practices, such as Infant Chiropractic
4. Expansion of the services of the Department of Early Years Learning and Care, responding on the one hand to the calls of the times to strengthen its sustainability and on the other hand to identified needs in the implementation of Early Preventive Counseling Interventions
5. Support of the undergraduate educational process and promotion of postgraduate and Lifelong Learning in the above scientific fields.
6. Organization of seminars with referrals from internationally recognized experts who research, implement and teach Early Counseling Intervention Programs, during infancy and toddlerhood
7. Design and development of Early Childhood Counseling Programs
8. Collaborations with preschool programs, hospitals and related areas for the development of small children, in the country and abroad
9. Publication of manuals and scientific studies
10. Digitization of the produced material.