Criritcal Applications: Ethical Approaches to Behaviour Inter

Next course offering begins: October 14, 2026

Duration: 8 weeks

Price: $600 USD

Organization: IAABC Foundation

Are you interested in developing your skills and strengthening your knowledge on how to best handle and interact with animals while focusing on their welfare and well-being?

In this 8-week course, we will take a deep dive into the uses and applications of critical analysis when handling behavior cases. We will discuss the critical questions that allow us to evaluate our own choice of methods and inform us on how we can best approach each case from a competent, skilled and humane perspective. And, importantly, we will explore whether these methods are the most humane options available to help the individual animal learners live their best lives.

What to expect from this course:

Immersion into developing critical thinking skills and analysis when working maladaptive behavior cases.

Coverage of best practices to address individual cases using a systematic and informed approach.

Explanations of more than just how something works but why it works to best navigate the challenging space of current training methods.

Consideration of the ethical components behind working with nonhuman animal learners.

Next course offering: January 13, 2027

Duration: 20 weeks

Proce: $3,800 USD

Organization: IAABC Foundation

 Training is simple, but it’s not easy! There’s canine learning to understand, practical skills and timing to master, and of course, the human part of the equation to consider. Professional Dog Training: Science & Application is a comprehensive 20-week program designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to succeed as a dog trainer. 

Program Highlights:

Each module features lectures and materials packed full of information and designed by a practicing dog training and behavior professional.

You won’t just be watching videos – throughout the program you will engage in weekly online meetings, projects, assignments, and topic-based discussions.

We learn better together! The program is designed using a community learning model; your active participation contributes to everyone’s educational experience and the success of the program.

Assessment of your work is iterative; you are always given an opportunity to improve!

Module topics include:

Principles of Learning Science; Practical Learning Applications; Body Language & Communication; Training & Management Tools; Puppy Fundamentals; Enhancing Animal Welfare & Management Through Enrichment; Husbandry & Cooperative Care Strategies; Client Communication; Client Instruction; Teaching Group Classes; Practical Ethics for Dog Trainers

 Ongoing (view anytime)

$20 USD

Organization: IAABC Foundation

 Ethical training” gets used a lot in our field. But ethics isn’t a label – it’s a decision process. This webinar breaks down what ethical practice actually looks like in applied behaviour work: how to use the Humane Hierarchy as a genuine thinking tool, why functional behaviour assessment is an ethical skill as well as an applied one, and how to make decisions you can justify when the case is messy and the right answer isn’t obvious.

Through this webinar, you’ll learn about:

What ethical practice actually requires

How to use the Humane Hierarchy as a genuine decision-making tool

How to identify, justify, and defend the least intrusive option in a real case

How to predict impacts on behaviour and welfare

How competence and ethical risk are connected

The purpose of a functional behaviour assessment

Considerations for behaviour plans