Mid-Atlantic States Association of Avian Veterinarians Avian Medicine and Surgery Conference Tuesday Session

General Session: 8 AM - Noon

Trauma to the coelom - clinical case- Laura Wade
Bereavement, Pet Loss and Deceased Body Presentation - Cyndi Brown
Questions and consultation session with Avian Specialist Diplomates - DABVP (Avian) Speakers

- - - - - - - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM - - - - - - -

Behavior Works: A Short Course in Behavior Analysis for Veterinary Professionals - Wet Lab

Instructor: Susan Friedman

Materials: Will be provided

Subjects to be covered:

I. Introduction: The Significance of Science: Connecting the Dots to Behavior Analysis

a. Our Cultural Fog

i. Theological Influence

ii. Biological Determinism

iii. The Madness of Causes

iv. Constructs

v. Terminology Tumult

II. Behavior: The solution to behavior problems starts with behavior

a. What It Is

b. What It’s Not

c. Targets for Change

III. Two Learning Paradigms

a. Respondent Behavior and Learning

b. Operant Behavior and Learning

IV. The Scientific Analysis of Behavior

a. The Three Term Contingency

b. Functional Assessment

V. Respondent Behavior Change Procedures

a. Systematic Desensitization

i. Plus Reinforcement

b. Flooding

c. Empowerment vs. Submission – What Science Says

i. Operating on The Environment

ii. Contrafreeloading

iii. Learned Helplessness

iv. Enrichment

VI. Operant Behavior Change Procedures

a. A Simple Model of Behavioral Support

b. Antecedent Strategies – Setting Them Up to Succeed

i. Setting Events

ii. Establishing Operations

iii. Cues

1. S^D and S^∆

iv. Prompting and Fading

v. Behavioral Momentum

c. Consequence Strategies - Nature’s Feedback Loop

i. The Overview – Four Quadrants

1. Key Questions to Pick the Principle

ii. Increasing Behavior

1. Reinforcement

2. Positive and Negative

3. Characteristics of Effective Reinforcement

4. Identifying Reinforcers for Individuals

5. Schedules of Reinforcement

a. Continuous vs. Intermittent

b. The Matching Law

6. Establishing New Reinforcers

7. Shaping – The Sharpest Teaching Tool in the Shed

a. How It Works

b. Many Uses

c. Skills Needed

d. Targeting

iii. Decreasing Behavior

1. Punishment

2. Positive and Negative

3. Punishment and Reinforcement Compared

4. Problems with Punishment for Teacher and Learner

5. Redirecting Problem Behavior

6. Alternatives to Punishment

a. Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behaviors

7. Extinction and Time Out

a. Problems of Implementation

iv. Hierarchy of Procedures for Human and Effective Practices

v. Fair Pair Behavior-change Programs

vi. Other Strategies – Observational Learning

VII. Using the Functional Assessment and Intervention Design Form

This wet lab requires additional fee of $250.

Tuesday - 27-29 April 2008

General Session: 8 AM - Noon

Trauma to the coelom - clinical case- Laura Wade

Bereavement, Pet Loss and Deceased Body Presentation - Cyndi Brown

Questions and consultation session with Avian Specialist Diplomates - DABVP (Avian) Speakers

- - - - - - - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM - - - - - - -

Behavior Works: A Short Course in Behavior Analysis for Veterinary Professionals - Wet Lab

Instructor: Susan Friedman

Materials: Will be provided

Subjects to be covered:

I. Introduction: The Significance of Science: Connecting the Dots to Behavior Analysis

a. Our Cultural Fog

i. Theological Influence

ii. Biological Determinism

iii. The Madness of Causes

iv. Constructs

v. Terminology Tumult

II. Behavior: The solution to behavior problems starts with behavior

a. What It Is

b. What It’s Not

c. Targets for Change

III. Two Learning Paradigms

a. Respondent Behavior and Learning

b. Operant Behavior and Learning

IV. The Scientific Analysis of Behavior

a. The Three Term Contingency

b. Functional Assessment

V. Respondent Behavior Change Procedures

a. Systematic Desensitization

i. Plus Reinforcement

b. Flooding

c. Empowerment vs. Submission – What Science Says

i. Operating on The Environment

ii. Contrafreeloading

iii. Learned Helplessness

iv. Enrichment

VI. Operant Behavior Change Procedures

a. A Simple Model of Behavioral Support

b. Antecedent Strategies – Setting Them Up to Succeed

i. Setting Events

ii. Establishing Operations

iii. Cues

1. SD and S∆

iv. Prompting and Fading

v. Behavioral Momentum

c. Consequence Strategies - Nature’s Feedback Loop

i. The Overview – Four Quadrants

1. Key Questions to Pick the Principle

ii. Increasing Behavior

1. Reinforcement

2. Positive and Negative

3. Characteristics of Effective Reinforcement

4. Identifying Reinforcers for Individuals

5. Schedules of Reinforcement

a. Continuous vs. Intermittent

b. The Matching Law

6. Establishing New Reinforcers

7. Shaping – The Sharpest Teaching Tool in the Shed

a. How It Works

b. Many Uses

c. Skills Needed

d. Targeting

iii. Decreasing Behavior

1. Punishment

2. Positive and Negative

3. Punishment and Reinforcement Compared

4. Problems with Punishment for Teacher and Learner

5. Redirecting Problem Behavior

6. Alternatives to Punishment

a. Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behaviors

7. Extinction and Time Out

a. Problems of Implementation

iv. Hierarchy of Procedures for Human and Effective Practices

v. Fair Pair Behavior-change Programs

vi. Other Strategies – Observational Learning

VII. Using the Functional Assessment and Intervention Design Form

This wet lab requires additional fee of $250.

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