BAT Instructors' Workshop for Dog Reactivity

Seminar Title: BAT Instructors' Workshop for Dog Reactivity

Seminar Date/Time: August 20-24, 2012 (Monday-Friday), 9-4:30 pm in Gardiner, Washington (about 2 hours from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport)

Speaker: Grisha Stewart, MA, CPDT-KA

Seminar Description:

Pre-requisite:

• Attend a 2-day BAT seminar (or watch on DVD) OR
• Attend a 1-day BAT seminar (or watch on DVD) plus reading the BAT book.

You'll get a lot out of these 5 days!

This hands-on workshop will help you take your BAT skills to the next level, so you can help more dogs. Each participant will work with two dogs (and their handlers) with reactivity issues. You will take the lead on one dog/handler team and coach another trainer as s/he works with another dog, so you will get plenty of practice teaching others about BAT. You will participate in problem-solving sessions for a total of 10 dogs (there are 10 participants). We will analyze videos shot of the participants so that you'll be able to hone your observation skills and improve your technique.

Students will also practice using BAT in a group setting (as with a Growly Dog class). We know that you won't be able to see all of the different possibilities for BAT in just these 5 days, so you will also be given some problem scenarios to wrap your brain around and analyze in small groups.

In this interactive workshop, you will see understand more of the technical details of working with BAT as a professional trainer, including taking a good history, following up with the client, deciding which methods to use with the dog (and whether that includes BAT), reading body language, teaching some other skills, knowing when to refer out, answering questions about BAT, etc.

This will be an intense learning process for all involved, and to help facilitate that, we are limiting this workshop to 10 participants. We will allow 10 auditors as well.

CERTIFICATION: This instructors' workshop will prepare you to take the BAT certification exam for professional dog trainers (optional). The certification application is free for participants and auditors of the instructors' workshop (one attempt - $100 value). The written portion of the test is taken at the workshop. A completed certification requires 100 hours experience training client dogs or modifying behavior as the primary instructor, plus 100 hours of experience working with clients (dogs alone or dog-human teams) on reactivity. These hours can be accrued before or after the workshop and exam. Auditors who pass the written exam will also need to submit a video case study. This case study is not required for participants.

Note: The workshop is not necessary for certification, but it is highly recommended. Tests will be available at other times, to be announced later. Becoming a Certified BAT Instructor (CBATI) will also get you a listing on the FunctionalRewards.com website, discounts at DoggieZen.com/store, discounts at future workshops with Grisha, and access to a restricted Yahoo group. More details on recertification, etc. will be released soon.

About the Seminar Presenter: Grisha Stewart is the owner of Ahimsa Dog Training and the author of 5 DVDs and one book: "Behavior Adjustment Training: BAT for Dog Reactivity."  She specializes in the treatment and prevention of dog aggression and fear. She developed Behavior Adjustment Training as a tool to help rehabilitate dogs with reactivity issues. 

Grisha has a Master's in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College. She is now pursuing a Master's in Integrative Studies in Psychology with an emphasis in animal behavior at Antioch University, while still running her 6-trainer business and dog training supply store in Seattle. Her first career as a theoretical mathematician and college instructor serves her well in dog training and behavior consultations, because she relies heavily on the problem solving, critical thinking, and teaching skills she gained in that field. Since founding Ahimsa Dog Training in Seattle in 2003, she has found her canine and human students to be much more excited about learning than her college students!

Canine behavior fascinates Grisha and she is highly motivated to help improve our techniques for rehabilitating and training dogs. This led her to develop BAT, Behavior Adjustment Training, which uses environmental consequences to reward the dog and eliminate problem behaviors.  Click here to learn more about Grisha.

Other BAT Instructors' Workshop Details

• No pet dogs, please, except for pre-arranged demo and decoy dogs. Let us know if you have a service animal that you will be bringing. Please be aware that, because of the nature of this seminar, having a service animal with you may limit your ability to observe the hands-on work.
• If you are a participant and have a dog that you would like to have worked at the seminar with your partner or another handler, please contact us so that we can assess whether this is possible.
• CPDT:  Certified Pet Dog Trainers will probably earn a boatload of continuing education units (CEUs) for this seminar. More info as we get closer, but it should be 30 or more.
• We will have beverage breaks and provide lunch, including a vegetarian option. However, we will not be able to cater to all dietary needs, so if you would like is to not provide lunch, let us know.

Gift Certificates
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BAT Instructors' Workshop Fees & Registration

• Participant seminar Fee is $1200 for five days. Participants can register online. If you want to pay half now and the balance over the next few months, contact Grisha about how to do that.
• We have a few spots for auditors for $599.
• Please see our Terms & Conditions for the cancellation/change policy for "Advanced Workshops & Seminars".