Collaborative Care Pro Mentorship

CEUs: CCPDT 6 total (4 for trainers, 2 for behavior consultants).

Are you a …

  • dog trainer or behavior consultant?

  • health and human service professional providing animal assisted interventions?

  • veterinarian, groomer, dog walker, canine wellness provider, or other dog care professional?

Do you want to …

  • feel confident in navigating social or touch-based interactions with dogs?

  • level up your skills so that you can incorporate consent-based interactions into your services?

  • earn CEUs while also improving your ability to practice consent, set boundaries, and advocate for your clients?

  • enhance your ability to provide trauma-informed care?

I’ve got you! Over six, 60-min, virtual sessions, we will collaborate to cultivate a vocabulary and skills for practicing consent-based interactions with dogs and humans, so that you can:

 

1

achieve best practice standards for your industry

2

teach dogs how to make requests, offers, or clearly say “I’m ready” or “no” during social interactions

3

ensure that both the humans and the dogs you work with are empowered to fully participate

 

4

establish safety, clarity, and confidence when facilitating interactions with dogs

5

improve outcomes for both your human and your canine clients

6

communicate with precision and clarity both interpersonally and in clinical documentation

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About the Program

  • Who is this for?

    This program is ideal for humans who:

    • work as dog trainers or behavior consultants

    • provide dog-care services, such as grooming, daycare, dog walking, or pet sitting

    • work as dog wellness providers (ie. physical rehab therapists, energy healers, massage therapists, etc)

    • work in healthcare or human services and provide animal assisted interventions

  • What frameworks are used?

    This program draws from the following frameworks:

    • Canine Cooperative Care & Training

    • Planned Parenthood’s FRIES guidelines for consent

    • The Yes-No Spectrum for humans and dog behavior

    • The Wheel of Consent

    • Decolonized Nonviolent Communication

    • Social Neuroscience of Human-Animal Interactions

  • What methods are used?

    These are some techniques we may use:

    • dynamic interactive education

    • role play

    • activity analysis

    • video review

    • guided movement and breathing

    • safe and playful exploration of human-dog interactions

    • engagement in real-life practical skill building exercises

  • What will I learn?

    Topics/Skills covered may include:

    • making requests versus offers

    • somatic awareness of self

    • nonverbal cues of autonomic nervous systems

    • gratitude as an antidote for shame

    • reflective listening

    • empowering others to say “no” to you

    • identifying feelings and needs

    • task analysis and adjustment

    • cultivating your own support system

    • adjusting nonverbal cues and the environment to support participation

    • accessibility and executive functions

    • best practices for trauma-informed care

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Through investing in yourself and your dog, you will receive a recording of each session, worksheets to guide you in recognizing when your body and your dog are saying “yes” or “no”, links to training tutorials, and text support to ask questions and receive encouragement between sessions.

Ultimately, a lifestyle shift that transforms your relationship with yourself, your clients, and your work!

 

  • Coaching is provided in packages of 6 sessions. Payment is required up front and is available at a sliding scale (below). Payment plans are available - please let me know what you need when scheduling your affinity call.

    *This pricing structure is based on The Green Bottle Sliding Scale, developed by Alexis J. Cunningfolk www.wortsandcunning.com

    Soulful Spaniel ($150 per session, $900 total) Please invest at this level if you: frequently stress about meeting basic needs and don’t always meet them; have debt and it sometimes prevents you from meeting your basic needs; rent lower-end property or have unstable housing; do not have a car and/or have limited access to a car but not always able to afford gas; are unemployed or underemployed; qualify for government assistance, including food stamps and healthcare; have no access to savings; have no or very limited expendable income; rarely buy new items due to lack of funds; cannot afford to take a vacation or time off without financial burden. Paying one session at a time is available at this level. Sessions are available on a first-come, first-serve basis through an ongoing waitlist.

    Reciprocal Rottweiler ($250 per session, $1500 total) Please invest at this level if you: may stress about meeting your basic needs but still regularly achieve them; may have some debt but it does not prevent you from meeting your needs; own or lease a car; are employed; have access to healthcare; might have financial savings; have some expendable income; able to buy some new items and thrift others; can take a modest vacation annually or every few years without financial burden.

    Mutually Flourishing Mutt ($500 per session, $3000 total) This is the full price for this service. All prices below this rate are discounted. Please invest at this level if you: are comfortably able to meet all your basic needs; have some debt but it does not prevent you from meeting your needs; own your home or property OR rent a high-end property; own or lease a new car; are employed or do not need to work to meet your needs; have regular access to healthcare & financial savings; have expendable income; can always buy new items; can afford to take an annual (or more frequent) vacation.

    Schedule your affinity call today!

    I am ready to flourish!

  • In-home sessions are available on a case-by-case basis to humans and dogs living in the upstate NY capital region. Sliding scale rates do not apply and travel fees will be included. Please indicate your interest in this when scheduling your affinity call.