Living and Learning with Animals (LLA): A 2-Day Seminar in Behavior Change

Sept. 22nd & 23rd, 2012 9:00am – 5:00pm

Location

Additional Information
Location
Ventura Elks Lodge
2126 Knoll Drive, Ventura CA 93003		 Optional Buffet Lunch:
$15.00 per day
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Approved by CCPDT: 13 for behavior consultants
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Dr. Susan G. Friedman

Connecting the Dogs from Behavior Science to Best Practices,
Presented by Dr. Susan G. Friedman

Seminar Outline:

THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINDS OF PROBLEM BEHAVIORS: 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. This in-depth course includes over 200 instructional slides, video examples, support materials and interactive activities. Participants will be introduced to the following topics:

  • The fundamental science principles of learning and behavior.
  • Functional assessment to understand and predict behavior.
  • An effective teaching technology to prevent and change problem behaviors.
  • 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.

LLA Learning Objectives to include:

  • The Significance of Science to Behavior
  • Two Learning Paradigms: Respondent and Operant
  • Understanding and Predicting Behavior
  • The Commitment to Ethical Practice
  • Changing Behavior: Respondent Strategies
  • Changing Behavior: Operant Strategies
  • Increasing Behavior
  • Decreasing Behavior
  • Other Strategies & Training Tips
  • Developing Behavior Change Plans
  • Course Wrap Up

Hotel & Travel Information

There are many hotels to choose from in the Ventura area. Our host hotel is:

La Quinta Inn

About the Speaker

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.