Learn more in three days than you thought possible!!
The 2015 ClickerExpo programme is filled with innovative courses, creative teachers, and fun events. If you’ve been to a ClickerExpo event once or many times, you’ll find a wealth of ground-breaking new courses at your level! Our faculty brings you to the frontier of understanding and best practices, sharing each year’s newest research, techniques, tools and skills.
This year’s programme includes an expanded curriculum—more than 35 courses and expanded faculty of 10 talented teachers. What hasn’t changed is what sets ClickerExpo apart — unparalleled interaction with so many top–level teachers and trainers! Our ClickerExpo faculty members are not only great trainers, they are skilled and enthusiastic teachers. Plus, in ClickerExpo’s unique culture of mutual discovery, teachers and attendees listen, practice, and learn from each other.
Maybe that’s why, year after year, almost every attendee (average of 98%!) who turned in a survey said that ClickerExpo met their expectations, was “really good”, or gave them a “Wow” experience. It was true for our very first ClickerExpo in Europe and for the eight years we have been operating ClickerExpo in the US. Wow!
“The best conference there is—approachable trainers and top–quality, intelligent information.” See more attendee reviews
Reserve your spot for 2015 and a chance at your own “Wow” experience!
An Amazing 2015 Program
These courses and activities will help you get to the next level of your development and have a great time doing it!
The heart of the ClickerExpo program is divided into “education themes” — essentially courses that we group thematically together. They are not necessarily in the same room so are they are not “tracks” to which you are locked in. Pick and choose from among them to guide and consult the main schedule to avoid time conflicts.
- Use the menu below to navigate to see the courses under any of the key themes. Some courses will cross-themes so are cross-listed
- When you click on any title, you will link to the detailed description of that course including the faculty member teaching it and the Experience Level to which it is targeted.
- Any course title that contains the word “In Action” indicates a Learning Lab linked to a Session.
ClickerExpo 2015 - Education Themes
- Core Skill and Concept Development
- Expanded Skill and Concept Development
- Special Situations
- Training for Service, Sport, and Competition
- Love Those Learning Labs!
Enhancements
Core Skill and Concept Development (back to top)
We don’t call them basic skills and concepts for a reason. Rather, they are core. Core skills and concepts are at the heart of good training practices. A solid core will support your efforts to be creative, to self assess and to continue to learn. If you’re new to clicker training or uncertain about your skills and knowledge be sure and choose some or all! the courses from this session.
- A Moment of Science: Clicker Training 101 - (NEW)
- Brush up Your Basics: Clean Training Skills - (NEW)
- You're in Great Shape: Understanding & Applying Shaping
- You're in Great Shape: Understanding & Applying Shaping - In Action
- Cues and Cueing
- Cues and Cueing In Action
- Reliability? Thy Name is Back-Chaining - (NEW)
- Reliability? Thy Name is Back Chaining - In Action - (NEW)
- Love It! Effective Non-Food Reinforcement
Expanded Skill and Concept Development (back to top)
These course help attendees discover innovative frameworks through which to work, absorb and put into practice their next level skills, replace unproductive habits with productive ones, and become inspired once again to bring out the full potential in themselves and their animals. Enjoy!
- The Sound of Silence: Accessing the Power of a Withheld Click - (NEW)
- What a Concept! New Frontiers in Concept Training
- What a Concept New Frontiers in Concept Training - In Action
- Who Nose? Scent Discrimination - (NEW)
- Oops!: What to Do When Mistakes Happen
- Parameters of Premack - (NEW)
- Thoughtful Play - (NEW)
- Blind Trust: The Next Level of Partnership with Your Dog - (NEW)
- Doggie Zen: The Way to Self Control
- Super Friendly to Super Cool: Teaching Impulse Control
- Trick & Treat - (NEW)
- Trick & Treat - In Action - (NEW)
- On Target! Improve Your Training Using Key Targeting Skills - (NEW)
- On Target! Improve Your Training Using Key Targeting Skills - In Action - (NEW)
- Better, Faster, Smarter! Platform Training Rocks
- Better, Faster, Smarter! In Action
Special Situations (back to top)
Special situations covers topics such as dogs in their different life stages, working with more than one dog, behavior management, teaching others, and courses that sit at the intersection of learning science and application. One of the values of having so many courses at ClickerExpo is that we can shine some clarifying light in training areas where there is confusion and we can provide some visibility to areas that often get overlooked. Enjoy. They are sure to help you help others.
- Divide to Conquer: Separating Triggers - (NEW)
- Super Friendly to Super Cool: Teaching Impulse Control
- Doggie Zen: The Way to Self Control
- It’s a Good Fit! Operant & Classical Conditioning - (NEW)
- Leash Partnerships: Teaching Clients to Walk with a Loose Leash - (NEW)
- Getting Along Famously! Winning Strategies for Multi-Dog Households - (NEW)
- Old Dogs, New Clicks: Teaching, Loving & Living with Your Older Dog - (NEW)
- You Will Love Him Again, One Day: Adolescent Dogs - (NEW)
- Puppy Einsteins: Teaching Cued Behaviors to Young Puppies - (NEW)
Training for Service, Sport and Competition (back to top)
Get ready. We have put together courses that address the underlying skills and techniques that trainers need in complex situations where there are deadlines, high–level performance expectations, competition, or lives at stake. Whether you are training a sport competition dog or a working dog, a theme at Expo this year is to help you build the skills that are common across these fields and sports. Our faculty includes world-renowned coaches and competitors in agility, obedience, search and rescue, freestyle and more who know the specific challenges you face and how to overcome them!
- X Marks the Sport: Foundation Skills for all Canine Athletes - (NEW)
- Agility Right from the Start
- Agility Right From Start – In Action: Race to Reward
- Who Nose? Scent Discrimination - (NEW)
- If You Build it, They will Come: Training a Reliable Recall - (NEW)
- Blind Trust: The Next Level of Partnership with Your Dog - (NEW)
- Better, Faster, Smarter! Platform Training Rocks
- Better, Faster, Smarter! Platform Training Rocks - In Action
- On Target! Improve Your Training Using Key Targeting Skills - (NEW)
- On Target! Improve Your Training Using Key Targeting Skills - In Action - (NEW)
Love Those Learning Labs (back to top)
Our Learning Lab format is a huge hit, so we doubled the number of Learning Labs from last year. Learning Labs get dog and handler partners out on the floor to practice and hone new skills under the experienced eyes of ClickerExpo faculty. Many Learning Labs are linked to Sessions so that you can attend the Session and then put into practice what you just learned in the Learning Lab.
You can reserve a participation (also called dog and handler) spot for you and your dog in as many as four Learning Labs over the three days of ClickerExpo.
Remember, Learning Labs have a limited number of spots for dog and handler teams. These limits are set by the faculty who teach them to provide an excellent learning experience. We advise that you register early if you want to have working spots in the Labs.
No dog? No problem! Learning Labs are incredibly valuable teaching forums for observers as well. For attendees coming without their dogs, we have special seating arrangements in the Labs to optimise viewing. Remember to select and register your observer spots in advance.
Nighttime and Mealtime Activities (back to top)
ClickerExpo attendees enjoy one another’s company!
- Kick off ClickerExpo on Thursday evening with a complimentary cocktail reception sponsored by Karen Pryor Academy.
- Every day at lunchtime join in the roundtable discussions and connect with like–minded people on topics of mutual interest or with people in your geographic area. Register for restaurant lunches to join the discussion.
- Friday and Saturday Dinners. We have two fabulous evening events:
- On Friday night, we invite you to join us at our Friday Night Dinner and Networking Event. Make professional connections and new friends while you enjoy a well–deserved meal. Don’t forget your business cards!
- On Saturday night, please join us for a special Dinner with remarks by Prof. Daniel Mills; ”Making inferences about the Emotions of Dogs".
Our 2015 Faculty (back to top)
The ClickerExpo faculty is truly unique. From premier institutions and schools, they are an all–star group of 10 top clicker trainers, competitors in canine sports, and leaders and innovators in the field of operant conditioning. Meet the entire ClickerExpo faculty.
- Eva Bertilsson
- Cecilie Koste
- Emily Larlham
- Kay Laurence
- Karen Mielke
- Michele Pouliot
- Ken Ramirez
- Kathy Sdao
- Lynne Stephens
- Emelie Johnson Vegh
