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IAABC Presents (fee applies): This course will help you: Think scientifically about animal training and behavior consulting for all species. Understand and break training into component principles. Understand environmental events that maintain behavior. Increase your ability to be humane and effective. Understand how labels such as “aggressive” or “submissive” cloud our thinking and our work. Consider what we are describing when we say an animal is “confident,” “creative,” “a problem solver,” and how we should approach those learners. See the common principles at play in different animals & species. Become a more effective and humane trainer by cutting through the jargon and directly assessing behavior.

University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Presents (fee applies):
Compassion Fatigue Strategies
Compassion Fatigue Strategies is a unique online class designed to support people who work with animals. In this four module, self-paced class, you will establish a foundation of knowledge to help you better understand and transform your experience with compassion fatigue.

The course will help you recognize signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, learn to manage your stress levels and increase your self-care practices, connect with the rewards of your work, build your resiliency, and commit to making successful changes in your life and in your organization. This class is a personal exploration to help you build the self-awareness necessary to manage the impact of compassion fatigue. Please be aware that the class work can be emotionally challenging.