This calendar is a listing of webinars, other learning opportunities, online meetings and other upcoming national events related to animal sheltering and related areas of interest.

Only some of these events are produced by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. Most are being created and sponsored by other groups and agencies.  Being listed here does not mean that we have reviewed the material contained.  We are trying to provide a variety of resources to hopefully help make your life a little easier.  For additional information on any of these items before or after the event please contact the organizer directly (listed in the item description).

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Online Course – Starts 9/28/20 – Fundamentals of Animal Behavior and Learning – IAABC (Fee Applies)

Virtual

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.

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Online Course – Starts 9/28/20 – Compassion Fatigue Strategies – University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program (fee applies)

Virtual

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.

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Weekly Call – Monday Mornings – Connect With Other Animal Shelter Professionals – Maddie’s Fund

Maddie's Fund Presents: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, animal shelter workers, volunteers and animal welfare leaders from across the country have been meeting every Monday morning - NEW TIME 8 AM PT/11 AM ET as of 9/23/20 - to discuss protocols, ideas, obstacles they’re facing and more.

Free