Level 2: Animal Training Fundamentals Credentialing Program

1300 Points

This badge signifies the completion of the following courses.

Behavior Science

  • SCIENCE: What Happened to the Science in Science-based Training?
  • SCIENCE: The Science of Behavior Change
  • SCIENCE: The Secret Life of the If/Then Contingency
  • SCIENCE: How I Learned to Love the Learning Processes (aka, “The 4 Quadrants”)
  • SCIENCE: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Ethology in Animal Training
  • SCIENCE: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Getting Past Hypothetical Constructs, Explanatory Fictions, and Circular Reasoning for Behavior
  • SCIENCE: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Operationilizing Behavior

Practical Application

  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: How to Train a New Behavior
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Understanding the Bridging Stimulus
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Using a Whistle in Animal Training
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Observational Skills
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Luring in Animal Training
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Capturing Tips and Tricks
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Targeting Practical Application Deep Dive
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Station Training Practical Application Deep Dive
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Generalization Deep Dive
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Setting Animals Up for Success
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: A Solid Foundation Rocks!
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Assent vs Consent
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Animal Trainer Self-Awareness
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Stimulus Preference Assessment
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Demand Functions: What Makes Behavior Worth Doing?
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – Session Dynamics
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: You Be the Behavior Consultant – End of Session Signals
  • PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Time Management for Animal Training

Recommended Reading

  • RECOMMENDED READING: EAZA Animal Training Guidelines