Living and Learning with Animals - Dr. Susan Friedman

Living and learning with animals: A Seminar in Behavior Change Connecting the Dots from Behavior Science to Best Practices by Dr Susan Friedman

21st and 22nd July 2012 
 

£165 if you are a member of an organisation that is a founder member of the abtcouncil (see http://www.abtcouncil.org.uk/founder-members.html), current staff working for animal charities and/or a student currently enrolled on a veterinary, animal behaviour or animal science related degree (enter discount code "sfoff" when checking out, if using this code please purchase this course as a single sale ie. do not purchase any other courses or products along side this seminar). 

£185 for all other delegates

Saturday 21st: Registration will be from 9:00am with a start time of 9:30am and will finish at 5:30pm. Sunday 22nd: start time of 9:00am and finish at 5:00pm.

Behaviors that occur too often, and behaviors that don’t occur often enough

Living and Learning with Animals is designed to provide a comprehensive and cohesive understanding of applied behavior analysis to improve the lives of all learners in our care. 

The course includes over 200 instructional slides, video examples, support materials and interactive activities. Participants will be exposed to the following topics: 

1. The fundamental science principles of learning and behavior. 
2. Functional assessment to understand and predict behavior. 
3. An effective teaching technology to prevent and change problem behaviors.
4. Ethical guidelines for the implementation of humane behavior-change plans.

Using the most positive, least intrusive strategies disseminated at this workshop, participants will be able to better able to effectively analyze, prevent and resolve behavior problems that inevitably arise.

All learners must have power to operate on their environment to live behaviorally healthy lives. We facilitate this power when we interact with them in such a way that they choose to do what is required for lasting companionship in our homes. To change our animals’ behavior we first change what we do. Susan Friedman will provide the information for students to quickly learn that once one has the necessary tools, a commitment to facilitate rather than force behavior improves the quality of our relationships.

Susan G. Friedman, Ph.D., is a psychology professor at Utah State University. Over the last decade, she has helped pioneer efforts to apply to animals the scientifically sound teaching technology and ethical standard of Applied Behavior Analysis that is so effective with human learners. 

Susan has given a wide variety of workshops and conference presentations including the Association of Avian Veterinarians, the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, the American Federation of Aviculturists and Moorpark College’s Exotic Animal Training and Management program. She was a guest speaker on the topic of learning and behavior for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Colloquium and presented master classes and workshops in Africa, Australia, Canada, France, Holland, Israel and New Zealand. Her articles have been translated into 9 languages. 

Susan teaches two on-line courses, one for veterinarians and other animal professionals (www.lla-tele.com), and another for pet owners (www.behaviorworks.org). Susan is also a core member of the Condor Recovery Project and has been nominated for the Media Award, given by the International Association of Behavior Analysis, for her efforts to disseminate to pet owners, veterinarians, animal trainers and zookeepers some of the essential tools they need to empower and enrich the lives of all learners.

Cancellation Policy: Full refunds minus a £50 fee will be given for refunds requested upto 60 days prior to the seminar after which no refunds will be made.