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September 2018
Understanding Behavior LIVE Webinar
Understanding Behavior- Sept. 13, Thursday; 7PM est Registration for this live-streamed webinar is now open to the public. You can reserve your seat via registering. Thank you, everyone, for showing such a huge interest in this very important topic. This is one of our most popular webinars and often attended repeatedly. In this webinar we cover the underlying reasons to why behaviors exist, the tools needed to change them, and how to maintain behaviors we want to see increase. This…
Find out more »Preparing Your Bird for Flight & Beginning Recall LIVE webinar
Preparing Your Bird for Flight & Beginning Recall - Sept. 27, Thursday, 7PM est Registration for this live-streamed webinar is now open to the public. You can reserve your seat via registering. Thank you, everyone, for showing such a huge interest in this very important topic. By popular request we have designed a webinar with heavy and detailed content on preparing your bird for beginning flight, flight training, and beginning recall training. There are many elements to consider when thinking…
Find out more »October 2018
All Species Animal Training and Behavior Workshop
All Species Animal Training & Behavior Workshop October 13th & 14th 2018! We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a 2-day All Species Animal Training & Behavior Workshop on-site at The Animal Behavior Center. This workshop is co-hosted by Lara Joseph and Deb Jones, Ph.D. This will be a 2 day, hands on, absolutely amazing learning opportunity. Attendees will have the opportunity to have direct training practice with the most difficult animal to train of all species:…
Find out more »November 2018
Reinforcers, Reinforcement, & Identification LIVE Webinar
Reinforcers, Reinforcement, & Identification - Nov. 15th, Thursday, 7PM est Registration for this live-streamed webinar is now open to the public. You can reserve your seat via registering. Thank you, everyone, for showing such a huge interest in this very important topic. Bridging, also known as a marker, is one of the most important tools we have in the toolbox of teaching animal behaviors. It is one of the most important and one of the most misused, if used at…
Find out more »The Importance and Effective Use of Bridging LIVE Webinar
The Importance and Effective Use of Bridging LIVE Webinar - Nov 29th, Thursday, 7PM est Registration for this live-streamed webinar is now open to the public. You can reserve your seat via registering. Thank you, everyone, for showing such a huge interest in this very important topic. Bridging, also known as a marker, is one of the most important tools we have in the toolbox of teaching animal behaviors. It is one of the most important and one of the…
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Dr. Tim Reichard has been active in the national zoo community for over thirty years. He is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, the Association of Exotic Animal Veterinarians, the Toledo Veterinary Medicine Association, and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. In addition to being a top zoo veterinarian Dr. Reichard is a distinguished educator, researcher, and author. He has shared his expertise for over ten years with veterinary technician students as well as interns under his supervision and mentorship. Additionally, he has authored and co-authored thirty five articles in a variety of publications. 
Brooke Durham is the Founder, Director, President of REP For Wildlife and SoCal Parrot. With her first priority always as animal care, Brooke has begun assembling an elite team of professionals to Represent, Educate, and Protect For Wildlife (REP4Wildlife). The first chapter of this organization is SoCal Parrot; a fledgling non-profit that exists to bridge the gap of care and consideration that naturalized parrots fall into because they are neither native wildlife nor truly domestic. Brooke is currently involved in every aspect of REP4Wildlife and SoCal Parrot; from personally assessing each animal, to working with other professionals to develop proper protocols and techniques, and all the way to keeping up with the administrative and organizational demands of a non-profit organization. 
Jason Crean, MS, EdD is a degreed biologist and zoo consultant, an avid aviculturist specializing in the propagation of green aracaris and white-backed mousebirds, President of The Avicultural Society of Chicagoland, and First Vice-President for the American Federation of Aviculture. Crean often speaks to avicultural groups across the country and acts as consultant to zoos and other institutions, including the Wildlife Genetics lab at Loyola Medical Center and Chicago Nature Museum. He specializes in taking actual scientific research, like that of the Genetics lab, and incorporating it into education programs to illustrate how science affects conservation. As Education Chair for the AFA, he has begun incorporating this work so people around the world can view the importance of Aviculture in their classrooms. He also runs a live animal education program that does free interactive programs for a host of different audiences.
