The Yes-No Spectrum

~ for dog-loving humans ~

3.5 CEUs (CCPDT) for dog trainers!

This live virtual class takes a trauma-informed approach to understanding nuance and navigating interactions that involve humans and dogs. This class will support you in recognizing and interpreting your own thoughts and somatic experiences, and understand your dog’s behavior, so that you can support yourself and others in feeling safe and engaging in meaningful activities.

Saturday, November 19 + Sunday, November 20, 2022

2 days | 2 hours each day | 10:30am to 12:30pm EST

You can read more about general class pricing here. Prices for this specific workshop can be found by clicking “sign me up!” below.

This class will be recorded for participants. An edited version will also be available for purchase at a later date.

The Yes-No Spectrum is a class (live on Zoom) that will provide you with 2 clarifying frameworks plus associated practical skills for recognizing and interpreting whether something is a Yes or a No for you, your dog, or others, so that you can:

 

1

understand how perception of safety contributes to both human and dog behavior

2

recognize when you or your dog feel curious, challenged, or need more information

3

recognize when you or your dog feel obligated, threatened, frozen, or overwhelmed

 

4

partner with your dog in animal assisted interventions, following the collaborative model best practice guidelines

5

experience ease when facilitating or engaging in interactions that involve your dog

 

6

proactively adjust the environment or your nervous system state to establish safety and support participation in play, learning, or healing

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about the workshop

  • Who is this for?

    This workshop is ideal for humans who:

    • want to interact with dogs and other humans without force, coercion, manipulation, or punishment

    • identify as recovering “people-pleasers”

    • want to practice consent, reciprocity, empathy, and respect with all other life

    • are recovering from trauma and want to reclaim their agency, power, and autonomy

    • work professionally with dogs (3.5 CEUs for CCPDT-KA)

    • provide animal assisted interventions in their workplace

    • volunteer with their dog in therapeutic or learning settings

    • live with an assistance dog

  • What techniques will be used?

    • guided breathing

    • didactic education with visual aids

    • video analysis

    • small group somatic activities

    • exercises with dogs

    • questions & discussions

  • What frameworks are used?

    This workshop was developed using the following frameworks:

    • The Polyvagal Theory

    • Somatic Consent

    • Social Neuroscience of Human-Animal Interaction

    • Humane / Force Free Canine Behavior Modification

    • Control Unleashed: Reactive to Relaxed from Leslie McDevitt

    • Fundamentals of Canine Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

  • What's the plan?

    Day 1:

    Ground in (guided breathing and orientation)

    Education (learn about the Yes-No Spectrum for humans by Mia Schachter at Consent Wizardry)

    Application (breakout room activity with other humans)

    Practice (work with your own dog to co-regulate using intentional breathing)

    Questions & Discussion

    Day 2:

    Ground in (welcome back, guided breathing)

    Education (learn about the Yes-No Spectrum for behavior, developed by Sharon)

    Application (analyze videos of dog behavior to better understand the spectrum)

    Practice (work with your own dog to practice making specific requests and interpreting your dog’s responses)

    Questions & Discussion

sign me up

By investing in yourself and your dog, you will receive: a recording of this class; confidence and competence when making decisions for yourself and interpreting your dog’s behavior; ease when engaging in activities that involve your dog; and another step closer to mutually flourishing with dogs!

Whether you are a dog guardian, a dog pro, or a health and human service provider facilitating animal assisted interventions, this class will give you the tools and skills you need to create environments that feel safe enough to play, learn, and heal, with dogs.

Start flourishing mutually with your dog, today!

 

bonus!

When you purchase this workshop you will also get 2 worksheets so that you can take the Yes-No Spectrum with you, continue to cultivate awareness of your inner experience, and develop a deeper understanding of whether your dog really wants to, or not.