Unlock Success with Our Comprehensive TraininG Program Roadmap
Revolutionize Your Animal Care Facility with Effective Training Strategies.
"I have become a more confident trainer with more and better tools at my disposal for training." - Kevin
Are you a facility owner or part of a non-profit organization in the field of animal care? Do you want to maximize your team's efficiency, enhance animal well-being, and achieve your goals?
Revolutionize Your Animal Care Facility with Effective Training Strategies
If you are:
- Struggling to find time to train your animal caregivers effectively
- Feel overwhelmed by the demands of managing a facility while trying to provide the best care for your animals
- Facing challenges in setting clear training goals that align with your organization's mission
We’ve got your back!
Discover a Transformative Solution: Building a Training Program Roadmap
Building A Training Program is a comprehensive course that will teach you how to create your own training program for your facility or nonprofit.
Get the first 3 chapters FREE!
Chapter 1 Assessing your team
Lesson 1: What is your purpose
Lesson 2: How big is your team
Lesson 3: What is the learning history of your animals
Lesson 4: What are management's priorities
Chapter 2 Providing Structure
Lesson 1: Creating blocks
Lesson 2: Training systems and shaping plans
Lesson 3: Strengths inside the team (primary v secondary, how many handlers per bird)
Lesson 4: Checking off
Chapter 3 Setting Goals and Priorities
Lesson 1: There's never enough time
Lesson 2: What is the priority
Lesson 3: How to set a goal (assess animal and priorities - ie teton sawhet how to remove a bird from roster, deal with old volunteers, reverse engineer)
Lesson 4: Short term v Long term goals
Chapter 4 Creating Feedback Loops
Lesson 1: Creating a safe and supportive space
Lesson 2: How many trainers on a bird
Lesson 3: Videoing
Lesson 4: Husbandry is training
Chapter 5 Record Keeping and Resources
Lesson 1: What is your system
Lesson 2: Keeping language consistent
Lesson 3: Honesty communication and safe spaces
Lesson 4: Behavior and antecedent arrangement
Chapter 6 Creating Progress
Lesson 1: Creating mastery
Lesson 2: Forward is the only way
Lesson 3: Post mortem discussions
You'll have access to a suite of training goodies in this Masterclass.
VIDEO LESSONS
Our multi-media lessons show students the exact steps we take in chronological order.
DOWLOADABLE WORKSHEETS
Access to worksheets to help you work through your unique situation with the information you learn in each lesson.
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Discover how to maximize your team's efficiency, enhance animal well-being, and achieve your goals.
BUILDING A TRAINING PROGRAM
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* Lessons including step by step training
* Downloadable worksheets so you can work through your specific issues
About your instructor
Hillary Hankey
Hillary Hankey is a world renowned professional bird trainer, behavior consultant, and falconer. For over 20 years, she has worked at and consulted for zoos and educational facilities to help bring adventurous and intimate animal encounters to guests all over the world.
In 2013, Hillary founded Avian Behavior International, a bird training and education organization, located on 22 acres in San Diego, California. Hillary spends her days analyzing, studying and practicing the art and science of animal training with a diverse collection of birds in Southern California, while also passionately raising awareness and funds for critical conservation challenges around the planet.
With a goal of helping to strengthen the connection between animals and the humans that care for them with the most progressive, positive, and constructional techniques, Hillary offers numerous in person workshops, online courses, and is also the founder of The Avian Behavior Lab, where she offers online training tutorials and guidance for animal lovers of all levels.
The importance of knowing where your animal behavior information comes from cannot be understated. The experience here at Avian Behavior Lab comes from Founder Hillary Hankey's years as a professional behavior consultant for zoos and companion animal owners around the world, managing a training organization, and living with and training animals just like yours.