Course Title: Temperament Evaluation - 231
Credits: 3 (Approx. 42 work-hours)
Instructor: Molly Stone, CDBC; Dip.A.B; CC-SF/SPCA & Sarah Kalnajs, B.A., CDBC, CPDT
Course Description
This course will address the controversy and challenges of assessing dogs in and out of the shelter and rescue environment in order to satisfy the various goals they are designed to meet, including determination of adoptability of dogs and matching individual dogs with individual potential adopters as well as reliably predicting aggressive tendencies. The research on temperament tests will be surveyed and some of the more commonly used test instruments will be summarized, contrasted and compared. Guidelines will be presented on how to carry out temperament tests and how to evaluate the results as well as how to maintain safety of humans and dogs throughout the process.IAABC Approved course with 16 CEUs.
Resources
Enrollment Package Includes
- Coursework document with assignments and course notes
- Student Handbook
- Access to Classroom, with transcripts from Guest Visits and handouts
- Free membership with IIACAB and to all issues of its journal JACAB
- Access to your Instructor for one-on-one guidance
Schedule
The course begins as soon as your enrollment is complete and you receive your enrollment package. Although we allow 4 months for this course, you are free to complete the course sooner if you can, and we do allow extensions if need be.
Prerequisites: None
Tuition
$350 Cdn. (Currency Converter) + 4% fee for for online payments. Textbooks not included in tuition. They may be purchased through http://www.dogwise.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student Library. Canadian Residents 5% GST. Most public libraries will either have journal articles or can get them through inter-library loans. University libraries are more likely to have them on site.
Enrollment
Visit the "ENROLL" page and follow the application instructions.