Course Title: Adoption Processes - 234
Instructor: Molly Stone, CDBC; Dip.A.B; CC-SF/SPCA
Course Description:
This course builds on the behavioral assessment course and explores various perspectives and approaches on matching individual dogs with individual adopters. The dog has been evaluated and the data has been interpreted. During the adoption interview and post interview process, the adopter candidate is evaluated. This course explores how to evaluate potential adopters and then how to match dogs with people to maximize the probability of a successful integration of the dog with their new family. Students should emerge from this course able to analyze and discuss these topic areas.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completing this course, the student will be able to:
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Required Resources:
- Great Dog Adoptions: A Guide for Shelters by Sue Sternberg (2002).
- Successful Dog Adoption by Sue Sternberg (2003)
- Adopt the Perfect Dog by Gwen Bailey (2000)
- http://www.kshumane.org/...
- http://www.aspca.org/...
- New, J., Salman, M., Scarlett, J., Kass, P., Vaughn, J., Scherr, S., & Kelch, W. (1999). Moving: Characteristics of Dogs and Cats and Those Relinquishing Them to 12 U.S. Animal Shelters. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2(2), 83-96. Click here to purchase or get through library.
Prerequisites:
None