DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.
DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.

 

Professional Development

 

 

1975- Present:

I have attended many instructor training seminars and animal training seminars and have not kept documentation on any but a few.

 

Judges Clinic, Salt Lake City, UT, March 3, 1985. James Dearinger and S. Wallace Kodis:

Fine art of judging dog shows, dealing with disgruntled contestants, new rules and judging from a new perspective.

 

Bob Self obedience seminar, Boise, ID, May, 1986:

A new look at some old training methods.

 

John Rogerson animal behavior clinic, Twin Falls, ID, September, 1990:

Rescue in England.  Fine points of animal behavior.

 

Volhard’s Instructor training camp, October, 1992, Syracuse, New York:

A very comprehensive, learning intense, five-day program.  Covered how to work with people and their dogs, animal behavior, health, how to run successful classes, nutrition, and training.

 

Leadership training, 1988, 1998, 2008, Elko County Extension Service, Elko, Nevada:

A day long workshop for all youth leaders.  How to work with children and their parents, recognize abuse, laws and how to report abuse of children.  Programs to assist low-income and at risk youth.

 

Roy Yates, horse training clinics, July 2003-2009, Elko, Nevada:

Every summer in July for 7 years, I attended a three-day workshop on training horses.  Roy Yates was from Colorado, and offered a great new perspective on horse training.

 

Life Coach Certification Training, March 9-11, 2012. This three-day school covered all the steps of becoming a successful Life Coach. After the three-day class a certification was offered in which I passed and became a certified Life Coach. This was a very worth while class and has helped me work with at-risk and troubled youth.

 

I Can Do It Seminar. Pasadena, CA, November, 2014.  This was an amazing three-day workshop covering non-traditional therapy modalities.  Covered past life regression with Dr. Brian Weiss; mediums, James Van Praugh and John Holland; sex therapist, Barbara Carellis; an evening with Dr. Wayne Dyer; mind programming by Dr. Eldon Taylor.

 

Animal-Assisted Interventions, Salt Lake City, UT.  October 15, 2015 by Jonathan Jordan, MSW, LCSW.  Covered all types of animal-assisted activities, therapies, psycho-therapies, and interventions.  Explained the process of working with animals to enhance the mental health profession.

 

DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.