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  • Webinar – 5/7/20 – Reopening Clinics: Refreshers for Your Staff – ASPCAPro

    Webinar – 5/7/20 – Reopening Clinics: Refreshers for Your Staff – ASPCAPro

    Join the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance (ASNA) team as they review resources and processes for safely onboarding veterinary support staff ahead of the reopening of spay/neuter shelters and clinics. ASNA experts will provide a refresher course for returning staff, plus tips to efficiently train new staff.  Attendees will be given a checklist to help coordinate and track their own efforts as they prepare to resume operations.

    PRESENTERS:
    Rebecca Rhoades, Senior Veterinarian for Clinic Mentorship Programs, ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance
    Darcie Harrell, Lead Instructor, ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance
    Sarah Hess, Director of Programs, ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance
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    Takeaways

    • Understand safe and efficient ways to reopen spay/neuter shelters
    • Recognize areas of training new staff may need
    • Setup an “Ask ASNA” phone call for follow-up questions

    Suited For

    Spay/Neuter shelter staff

    ASPCA Pro Website:  https://www.aspcapro.org/webinar/2020-05-07-120000/reopening-clinics-refreshers-your-staff

    REGISTER:  https://aspca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dkCNGQ5aS2WMrmScFpq78g

  • New Course Available on the ShelterMedPortal – Part 2 – Spay/Neuter and Other Surgery During COVID-19 – Re-Opening Considerations and Process

    New Course Available on the ShelterMedPortal – Part 2 – Spay/Neuter and Other Surgery During COVID-19 – Re-Opening Considerations and Process

    As areas of the United States and other regions around the world contemplate and then begin the process of returning to a new normal, each shelter, clinic and rescue will need to decide when and if they are ready to return to providing some services that were affected by the pandemic.

    We’ll each need to consider how we can continue to reduce resource use, workload, and the potential for human exposure while deciding which services we can contemplate beginning to offer again.

    This will be an ongoing process, anticipated to continue for some time. As operations resume we’ll need to re-assess these areas routinely to make the best use of current available resources while emphasizing human and animal health and safety.

    This course utilizes resources developed by a group of veterinarians and clinic experts to help guide the industry on spay/neuter and wellness clinics can begin to prepare for re-opening when the time is appropriate for this for each of us.

    • Staff and Public Safety Considerations During COVID-19
    • Clinic Operations Considerations
    • Surgery and Anesthesia Considerations
    • Client Communications
  • Interactive Session – The Parents Gathering – Session 2 (of 3) – Adisa

    Interactive Session – The Parents Gathering – Session 2 (of 3) – Adisa

    We’ve heard the call from multiple working parents who are seeking to balance the needs of their professional lives with their roles as parent and the newly added role of teacher-from-home. The Parents Gathering is a series of discussion circles for parents who are juggling parenting while serving animal welfare organizations. These facilitated conversations will tackle topics around how to stay resilient and engaged with our families while also balancing all the needs of the animals in our care.

    Join experienced homeschooler Dr. Jyothi Robertson in a series of three interactive sessions to discuss and share approaches to managing our demanding roles. Participants will experience:

    • Facilitated conversations that help us find strength as we manage our dual roles as parents and employee
    • Gathering of practical strategies, resources, and tools that we can use as we navigate our new reality
    • Cultivation of caring and resourcefulness as a community of working parents in the sheltering field

    ADISA LINK:  https://adisagroup.com/workshops/

    REGISTER:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsd-GoqjIjEtX0hzuksx-gi_m4SMFjOHxh

    Homeschooling Resources Link

    Featured Speaker:

    Jyothi Robertson, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine)

    A shelter medicine consultant who specializes in organizational design, operational efficiencies, and facility modifications, Dr. Robertson has been juggling her veterinary career and custom-schooling her children for the past 14 years. She received a certificate in elementary education from Princeton University, prior to pivoting to animal welfare and obtaining veterinary and residency degrees from UC-Davis. In order to travel and work internationally, while still being fully engaged with her family, Jyothi chose a custom-schooling model nine years ago. As a parent of three—ranging from a preschooler to a teenager—her participation in numerous panels during the COVID-19 pandemic provides valuable knowledge and insight into the unique challenges currently facing parents.

    Facilitators:

    Laura Maloney, Principal, Adisa

    Betsy McFarland, Principal, Adisa

  • Interactive Session – The Parents Gathering – Session 3 (of 3) – Adisa

    Interactive Session – The Parents Gathering – Session 3 (of 3) – Adisa

    We’ve heard the call from multiple working parents who are seeking to balance the needs of their professional lives with their roles as parent and the newly added role of teacher-from-home. The Parents Gathering is a series of discussion circles for parents who are juggling parenting while serving animal welfare organizations. These facilitated conversations will tackle topics around how to stay resilient and engaged with our families while also balancing all the needs of the animals in our care.

    Join experienced homeschooler Dr. Jyothi Robertson in a series of three interactive sessions to discuss and share approaches to managing our demanding roles. Participants will experience:

    • Facilitated conversations that help us find strength as we manage our dual roles as parents and employee
    • Gathering of practical strategies, resources, and tools that we can use as we navigate our new reality
    • Cultivation of caring and resourcefulness as a community of working parents in the sheltering field

    ADISA LINK:  https://adisagroup.com/workshops/

    REGISTER:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsd-GoqjIjEtX0hzuksx-gi_m4SMFjOHxh

    Homeschooling Resources Link

    Featured Speaker:

    Jyothi Robertson, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine)

    A shelter medicine consultant who specializes in organizational design, operational efficiencies, and facility modifications, Dr. Robertson has been juggling her veterinary career and custom-schooling her children for the past 14 years. She received a certificate in elementary education from Princeton University, prior to pivoting to animal welfare and obtaining veterinary and residency degrees from UC-Davis. In order to travel and work internationally, while still being fully engaged with her family, Jyothi chose a custom-schooling model nine years ago. As a parent of three—ranging from a preschooler to a teenager—her participation in numerous panels during the COVID-19 pandemic provides valuable knowledge and insight into the unique challenges currently facing parents.

    Facilitators:

    Laura Maloney, Principal, Adisa

    Betsy McFarland, Principal, Adisa

  • Podcast – 5/4/20 – How to Determine if Spay/Neuter is Currently Legal in Your State – Community Cats Podcast

    Podcast – 5/4/20 – How to Determine if Spay/Neuter is Currently Legal in Your State – Community Cats Podcast

    Our next Community Cats Podcast COVID-19 Pop-Up Panels will cover the following topics:

    Saturday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m. EDT: Spay/neuter in the time of COVID-19

    Panelists: Dr. Kimberly Carter (Oklahoma University), Danielle Bays (HSUS), and Jamie Case(Gateway Pet Guardians)

    Monday, May 4 at 4:00 p.m. EDT: How to determine if spay/neuter is currently legal in your state

    Panelists: Bryan Kortis (Neighborhood Cats), Richard Angelo (Best Friends Animal Society), and Kara Holmquist(Massachusetts Society for the Prevention for Cruelty to Animals)

    To Register go to: www.communitycatspodcast.com

  • Podcast – 5/2/20 – Spay/Neuter in the Time of COVID-19 – Community Cats Podcast

    Podcast – 5/2/20 – Spay/Neuter in the Time of COVID-19 – Community Cats Podcast

    Our next Community Cats Podcast COVID-19 Pop-Up Panels will cover the following topics:

    Saturday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m. EDT: Spay/neuter in the time of COVID-19

    Panelists: Dr. Kimberly Carter (Oklahoma University), Danielle Bays (HSUS), and Jamie Case(Gateway Pet Guardians)

    Monday, May 4 at 4:00 p.m. EDT: How to determine if spay/neuter is currently legal in your state

    Panelists: Bryan Kortis (Neighborhood Cats), Richard Angelo (Best Friends Animal Society), and Kara Holmquist(Massachusetts Society for the Prevention for Cruelty to Animals)

    To Register go to: www.communitycatspodcast.com

  • Animal Welfare – Online Conference – 6/16/20 – 6/17/20 – The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement – The AAWA

    Animal Welfare – Online Conference – 6/16/20 – 6/17/20 – The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement – The AAWA

    We’ve been through a lot and we’re going to get through this together.

    As your professional association, we are committed to supporting you and providing you with vital resources for LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT and continuous PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT.

    Our work by its very nature can be emotionally taxing. This conference is designed to help attendees closely examine ways to build resilience, both for themselves and the organizations they represent. Learn how to take better care of yourself as well as the people and animals in your community. LET’S JOIN TOGETHER through workshops, networking, and sharing, to focus on building resilience.

    Here are just a few of the sessions being offered:

    • The Real-Time Way to Raise Major Gifts, and How It’s Different Than Five Years Ago
    • Change Laws to Change Lives: Influencing Local Policies to Protect Animals
    • Tiny Patients, Big Challenge: The Science & Practice of Underage Kitten Care
    • Communicating Collectively for Greater Impact During COVID-19
    • Reducing Recidivism: Creating a Responsible Pet Ownership Program
    • Treating the Entire Animal Through Medical and Behavior Coordination

    Download the conference brochure to see a full listing of sessions and descriptions

    Group Registration: If you are a member registering ONLINE for the conference and want to bring non-members of The Association from your organization’s staff at the discounted member rate, please log in and register FIRST; then register each non-member on the same registration form to receive The Association member rate. Up to FIVE (5) people from your organization may register at the member rate.

    Your registration includes unlimited access to the full conference recordings and the virtual exhibit hall through 2022.

    Refund Policy
    Full refund if requested in writing to meetings@theaawa.org on or before June 15, 2020.
    No refunds on or after June 16, 2020

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://theaawa.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=2020Spring

  • 4/29/20 – ANNOUNCING: Just Released – COVID-19 Spay/Neuter and Wellness Clinic Preparedness Guide

    4/29/20 – ANNOUNCING: Just Released – COVID-19 Spay/Neuter and Wellness Clinic Preparedness Guide

    This COVID-19 Spay/Neuter and Wellness Clinic Preparedness Guide is a collaborative effort led by shelter and spay/neuter professionals representing different aspects of veterinary clinic operations. In all cases, the intention is advisory in nature and based on current knowledge. This guidance is not a standard or regulation and creates no legal obligation. It is intended to help clinic leadership formulate the safest and most reasonable approaches to operating spay/neuter and wellness clinics and maintain life-saving functions. Communities vary greatly and what may be safe and feasible for one community may not be for another. Organizations should always adhere to state and local laws and regulations.

    Visit the BestFriends Website to download the Guide and see other related resources

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  • Webinar – 5/7/20 – Stronger Together: Building Healthier Human-Animal Bonds in the 21st Century – Virox

    Webinar – 5/7/20 – Stronger Together: Building Healthier Human-Animal Bonds in the 21st Century – Virox

    Humanity’s fate has always been linked to the health and cooperation of other animals. While it may seem like 21st Century technology has usurped our dependence upon and responsibility for the wellbeing of animals, it has done the opposite. Technology is revealing just how essential the human-animal bond remains. This presentation will reexamine the profound history of the human-animal bond through the lens of the latest science that tells us we are not done “using” animals, because we were never just using them. This is the new awareness that can tap into much deeper and rewarding relationships with animals and make us stronger and healthier together. 

    Meg Daley Olmert is an expert on the neurobiology of the human-animal bond and its therapeutic effects.  In 2009, her groundbreaking book, Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond, was published to international acclaim.  Scholars from a wide range of disciplines applauded the clear and rigorous scientific case Olmert made that human civilization and animal domestication are an evolutionary coincidence of our shared neurobiological heritage.  It is this shared primal brain network that creates the sense of calm and attraction in which social bonds—among and between species—can flourish.  This affiliative mind/body state is also essential to the wellbeing of all social mammals.

    ​​​​​​​For the last decade Meg has served as the Director of Research for Warrior Canine Connection, an innovative and highly effective animal assisted therapy that uses the training of service dogs to reduce the symptoms of combat trauma. In 2015 she became the scientific advisor to The Comfort Dog Project in Uganda—the first animal-assisted trauma therapy in central Africa.  Meg continues to publish and collaborate with scientists worldwide and is a much sought-after guest speaker at academic and professional conferences and has given ​​​​​​​two widely viewed TEDxTalks.

    https://event.webinarjam.com/channel/Virox-Animal_Health

  • Webinar – 4/29/20 – COVID-19 Veterinary Summit Facebook Live – Telemedicine – WVC/Viticus Group

    Webinar – 4/29/20 – COVID-19 Veterinary Summit Facebook Live – Telemedicine – WVC/Viticus Group

    As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, human and animal health professionals have been challenged to bring telemedicine into their practice for the safety of themselves and their clients.

    Tune in to our Facebook COVID-19 Veterinary Q&A tomorrow, April 29 at 6p PST (9p EST) as telemedicine experts discuss how and when to implement telemedicine into your practice’s workflow and the importance of communicating these core concepts to your clients. As always, your participation and questions are encouraged during the live event!

    https://www.facebook.com/WesternVeterinaryConf/?utm_campaign=WVC%20-%20Brand%20Awareness&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87087321&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8JLoNghj8IKurYHwckDcFDYoa63NTfOYp7NU_gahPtXgdzUPF-INWwaIXc6F0TVtcF6rGnIBGsh67Ec3eMlgYT6tR_Qg&_hsmi=87087321