VETERINARY NURSING: IMPLEMENTING PUPPY AND KITTEN SOCIALIZATION PROGRAMS

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RACE Approved Interactive For Veterinary Technicians/Nurses
Course meets the requirements for 12 RACE hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval. However, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery. RACE Subject Category: Medical; Delivery Method: Interactive Distance; Program Number 750519. This course requires employment at a practice to complete one or more assignments.

RACE Approved Interactive For Veterinary Technicians/Nurses

Course meets the requirements for 12 RACE hours of continuing education credit for veterinary technicians in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB's RACE approval. However, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery.

RACE Subject Category: Medical; Delivery Method: Interactive Distance; Program Number 750519.

This course requires employment at a practice to complete one or more assignments.

Course Focus, Content, and Learning Objectives
Veterinary Nursing: Implementing Puppy and Kitten Socialization Programs is designed to aid in the development of socialization courses within the practice environment. Participants will be introduced to the stages of development of both puppies and kittens, when the socialization period for each species occurs, as well as basics of training. Logistics of a class, identifying client needs, and exceeding client expectations are covered at length. The goals of a socialization class are highlighted; examples and resources are provided to help participants succeed, starting with their first class. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: recognize and describe milestones in puppy and kitten development describe and discuss how early socialization impacts puppy and kitten development. define the goals and benefits of socialization explain the benefits of socialization classes to clients and team members implement surveys to identify client needs define client expectations that need to be met when hosting a class design and implement successful puppy and kitten class curriculum identify skills and topics to be covered in each socialization session consider the concerns veterinary professionals have about positive reinforcement discuss how to select reinforcers for individual animals and explain how to use positive reinforcement to teach behaviors. explain and address the logistics of structuring socialization classes evaluate and choose materials for use in class identify different client related challenges that can arise and discuss how to manage these challenges Completion requirements: Instructor Graded Interactive Critical Thinking and Case Study Assignments: Designed to help the participant apply the newly learned skills and knowledge via implementation focused and patient based scenarios Examination: Must be submitted with a score of 80% or better, multiple attempts Course Survey A certificate of completion is provided.

Course Focus, Content, and Learning Objectives

Veterinary Nursing: Implementing Puppy and Kitten Socialization Programs is designed to aid in the development of socialization courses within the practice environment. Participants will be introduced to the stages of development of both puppies and kittens, when the socialization period for each species occurs, as well as basics of training. Logistics of a class, identifying client needs, and exceeding client expectations are covered at length. The goals of a socialization class are highlighted; examples and resources are provided to help participants succeed, starting with their first class.

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

recognize and describe milestones in puppy and kitten development
describe and discuss how early socialization impacts puppy and kitten development.
define the goals and benefits of socialization
explain the benefits of socialization classes to clients and team members
implement surveys to identify client needs
define client expectations that need to be met when hosting a class
design and implement successful puppy and kitten class curriculum
identify skills and topics to be covered in each socialization session
consider the concerns veterinary professionals have about positive reinforcement
discuss how to select reinforcers for individual animals and explain how to use positive reinforcement to teach behaviors.
explain and address the logistics of structuring socialization classes
evaluate and choose materials for use in class
identify different client related challenges that can arise and discuss how to manage these challenges

Completion requirements:

Instructor Graded Interactive Critical Thinking and Case Study Assignments: Designed to help the participant apply the newly learned skills and knowledge via implementation focused and patient based scenarios

Examination: Must be submitted with a score of 80% or better, multiple attempts

Course Survey

A certificate of completion is provided.

How Does the Enrollment Process Work?
This course is designed to be as schedule friendly as possible as we understand it can be hard to fit interactive CE into an already busy life. Open enrollment allows students to enroll in this course at any time. Once the course payment transaction has been submitted, we will receive a notification of enrollment. In addition, the student will be sent a couple of "heads up" emails. The payment receipt will be sent to the email address designated in the payment page of the shopping cart, by the person who paid. There is a post-payment manual process we must complete in order to add the new student to the course. Completing enrollments as quickly as possible is a priority but it can take a full 24 hours, especially on weekends and holidays. Once fully enrolled. the student will be sent a course welcome email containing important information, including how to access and log into the course.

How Does the Enrollment Process Work?

This course is designed to be as schedule friendly as possible as we understand it can be hard to fit interactive CE into an already busy life. Open enrollment allows students to enroll in this course at any time.

Once the course payment transaction has been submitted, we will receive a notification of enrollment. In addition, the student will be sent a couple of "heads up" emails. The payment receipt will be sent to the email address designated in the payment page of the shopping cart, by the person who paid.

There is a post-payment manual process we must complete in order to add the new student to the course.

Completing enrollments as quickly as possible is a priority but it can take a full 24 hours, especially on weekends and holidays. Once fully enrolled. the student will be sent a course welcome email containing important information, including how to access and log into the course.

Activity Requirements
Students are not expected to be online in the course at any specific times as there are no real time lectures. In order to remain active in the course, a student must post assignments on a regular basis. Module or final exams, reading or viewing training materials, or just logging into the course, does not meet this requirement. Assignments are course activites that require submission to the instructor for review, grading (pass/fail) and feedback. As long as the participant continues to make regular progress, course access time is not set to a specific deadline. If 30 days elapses without submitted assignment activity, the student will be removed from the course and graded out as incomplete, as the lack of activity will indicate the student wishes to drop the course. But What If Something Comes Up?: There are times that students will have situations that interfere with their ability to work the course on a regular basis. In that case an email to VetMedTeam, as soon as such a situation arises, will allow us to work with the student to adjust the time frame. It all comes down to communication.

Activity Requirements

Students are not expected to be online in the course at any specific times as there are no real time lectures.

In order to remain active in the course, a student must post assignments on a regular basis. Module or final exams, reading or viewing training materials, or just logging into the course, does not meet this requirement. Assignments are course activites that require submission to the instructor for review, grading (pass/fail) and feedback. As long as the participant continues to make regular progress, course access time is not set to a specific deadline.

If 30 days elapses without submitted assignment activity, the student will be removed from the course and graded out as incomplete, as the lack of activity will indicate the student wishes to drop the course.

But What If Something Comes Up?:

There are times that students will have situations that interfere with their ability to work the course on a regular basis. In that case an email to VetMedTeam, as soon as such a situation arises, will allow us to work with the student to adjust the time frame. It all comes down to communication.

Technology Requirements
Reading content within the course is provided via PDF therefore the ability to download files and open PDFs is required. It is recommended that participants utilize a program such as MS Word to create, and save, their assignment submission to their computer. Then the information can be pasted into the assignment submission area.

Participant Feedback
When asked what aspects of the course liked best some responses were: ...I found the following beneficial: 1. the knowledge on puppy/kitten development and socialization 2. introduction on the teaching materials we can include in the puppy/kitten socialization class and how to be successful in it 3. explanation on the style of setting up the puppy/kitten socialization class ...I liked being able to interact with the instructor, even though we are miles apart, along with the convenience of the class being online so I could go through it when it best fit my schedule. Also, the VetMedTeam online support team was very helpful! They responded very quickly and always willing to help! ...I appreciate the emphasis on business. I admit to being a bit pessimistic as to whether this course would prepare me to run a class in a clinic. This course not only exceeded my expectations, but also gave me respect for CE in general. I've taken numerous CE courses and either gained little or (worse) come away angered by the lack of awareness of the presenter(s). Thank you Amanda! ...I liked that all the information was straight forward and easy to understand. I got my highlighter out to highlight all the important information, and I probably could have highlighted every sentence in the packet. I learned so much about the stages each dog and cat goes through and I cannot wait to get started on our clinic's puppy class! ...I really liked the fact that it included everything that could be used in a puppy/kitten class. I firmly believe in positive reinforcement for training and this course complies with that. I am very appreciative of the instructor for recommending outside reference materials so that I can continue to learn before implementing the classes into our clinic. ...The kitten socialization module was where I learned the most. ...I liked learning more about puppy socialization, it wasn't something I was very familiar with. ...The reading material and handouts provided were a good refresher for puppy and kitten development. ...I liked the course reading material. I did learn a lot from them. I also like the instructor feedback. That was really important in my understanding the material. ...Teacher interaction and imporvements on homework. Creating actual documents that can be used.

Participant Feedback

When asked what aspects of the course liked best some responses were:

...I found the following beneficial: 1. the knowledge on puppy/kitten development and socialization 2. introduction on the teaching materials we can include in the puppy/kitten socialization class and how to be successful in it 3. explanation on the style of setting up the puppy/kitten socialization class

...I liked being able to interact with the instructor, even though we are miles apart, along with the convenience of the class being online so I could go through it when it best fit my schedule. Also, the VetMedTeam online support team was very helpful! They responded very quickly and always willing to help!

...I appreciate the emphasis on business. I admit to being a bit pessimistic as to whether this course would prepare me to run a class in a clinic. This course not only exceeded my expectations, but also gave me respect for CE in general. I've taken numerous CE courses and either gained little or (worse) come away angered by the lack of awareness of the presenter(s). Thank you Amanda!

...I liked that all the information was straight forward and easy to understand. I got my highlighter out to highlight all the important information, and I probably could have highlighted every sentence in the packet. I learned so much about the stages each dog and cat goes through and I cannot wait to get started on our clinic's puppy class!

...I really liked the fact that it included everything that could be used in a puppy/kitten class. I firmly believe in positive reinforcement for training and this course complies with that. I am very appreciative of the instructor for recommending outside reference materials so that I can continue to learn before implementing the classes into our clinic.

...The kitten socialization module was where I learned the most.

...I liked learning more about puppy socialization, it wasn't something I was very familiar with.

...The reading material and handouts provided were a good refresher for puppy and kitten development.

...I liked the course reading material. I did learn a lot from them. I also like the instructor feedback. That was really important in my understanding the material.

...Teacher interaction and imporvements on homework. Creating actual documents that can be used.

Course Instructor
Danielle Bolm, RVT, LVT, KPA CTP, VTS (Behavior) Danielle graduated from The Vet Tech Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her associate degree in Veterinary Technology. After graduation she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked in emergency and general practice for a total of 10 years. During her 10 years in practice, she became passionate about animal behavior and started to dedicate herself to it. Since then she has worked in veterinary practices that were only limited to behavior. Her interest in behavior led her to become a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner in 2017 and finished her journey to become a Veterinary Technician Specialty in Behavior in the fall of 2021. Her behavioral interests are, but not limited to, aggression, reactivity, inappropriate elimination for cats, and low-stress veterinary visits. She is passionate about resolving fear-related issues in horses. In July 2022, Danielle opened her own behavior consulting business Dedication-N-Behavior.

Course Instructor

Danielle Bolm, RVT, LVT, KPA CTP, VTS (Behavior)

Danielle graduated from The Vet Tech Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her associate degree in Veterinary Technology. After graduation she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked in emergency and general practice for a total of 10 years. During her 10 years in practice, she became passionate about animal behavior and started to dedicate herself to it.

Since then she has worked in veterinary practices that were only limited to behavior. Her interest in behavior led her to become a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner in 2017 and finished her journey to become a Veterinary Technician Specialty in Behavior in the fall of 2021. Her behavioral interests are, but not limited to, aggression, reactivity, inappropriate elimination for cats, and low-stress veterinary visits. She is passionate about resolving fear-related issues in horses.

In July 2022, Danielle opened her own behavior consulting business Dedication-N-Behavior.

Pricing
Price: $129.00 USD Practices may enroll individual team members. To learn how to assign a specific team member to a course, please visit the Assigning Students page. Please use this link to view the Withdrawal Policy for this course.

VETERINARY NURSING: IMPLEMENTING PUPPY AND KITTEN SOCIALIZATION PROGRAMS

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