WP545: Systematic Solutions for Behavior Problems
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Workshop Details
We will cover basic differential reinforcement procedures, antecedent manipulation (management) techniques, and ethical concerns with behavior modification. We will discuss planning and how to help our clients hang in there when only marginal progress seems to have been made.
This course assumes you are already a professional in the field of dog training, and would either like to up your game in the behavior department or add more behavior cases to your workload.
Class Syllabus:
- The ABCs (Antecedents, Behaviors, and Consequences): Understanding behavior as a feedback loop
- A brief ethics consideration, and things to rule out first
- Antecedent manipulation (a.k.a. management)
- Implementing differential reinforcement procedures
- The role of desensitization: when you need it and when you don't
- Building your plan, and different ways to help clients with the implementation process
- Splitting for clients
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Instructor
Sarah Stremming
Faculty
Sarah (she/her) has been working with dogs in the realms of performance training and behavior solutions for over a decade. She currently operates online through her business, The Cognitive Canine. Her special area of interest has long been helping dog owners address behavioral concerns...