Applied Animal Behaviour Submissions

Topics may include:

• Human and animal safety

• Improve human-animal relationship and provision of husbandry or care

• Where training has been used to achieve results

• Where you have come up with an innovative application of training to change behaviour

• Have a behaviour management or training accomplishment that you want to share

Alternatively if you have been involved in a research study that has examined or made use of animal training or behaviour analysis we would like to hear about that. This may include where you have recorded training results over time and have achieved an outcome after putting in place a training plan.

The purpose of the presentations at the Annual Conference are to share your intriguing story of behaviour change with any species.  Research or practice (i.e., case studies) presentations should detail a particular case where you describe the background of the animal, if an assessment was used (then discuss), describe your intervention procedures and present data. As a whole, your presentation should be an informative and useful for an animal trainer or consultant's on-going professional development.

Some specific examples of Animal presentations could include:

• Have you trained a dog to have their nails trimmed voluntarily through use of positive reinforcement?

• Have you been using shaping, reinforcing incompatible behaviours or modifying a learning environment that has led to a successful outcomes for challenging behaviours with an animal you work with?

• Do you have an innovative way you teach owners of pets how to train their animals?

• How has your training helped an animal succeed in the setting they live in?
  

Posters are physical displays of information, usually reporting data about an intervention. Similar to the presentations posters should include: background, assessment (if used) and intervention should be described. Data-based posters, which require a graph or chart of data, will receive preference. Poster session will be held on the Saturday evening, 27th July (at the end of Day 1 presentations).

Presenters are expected to be with their poster, interact with attendees, and answer questions about the content of their posters.