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Tips and Tricks for Getting Media Attention for Your Fear Free Certified Practice

Kathie Kerr Public Relations

Ms. Kerr is the owner and operator of Kathie Kerr Public Relations and is based in Kansas City, MO. She has been Fear Free’s and Dr. Becker’s go-to publicist for many years. Her presentation will explain the ins and outs of obtaining media coverage for your Fear Free Certified Practice. The webinar will be recorded so if you can’t make the live event, you will still have access to the information.

Force Free Training Books for Clients & Staff

Mikkel Becker, Lead Animal Trainer for Fear Free Pets, CBCC-KA, CDBC, KPA CTP, CPDT-KA, CTC, Fear Free Cert, BA Comm

Fear Free’s Lead Animal Trainer, Mikkel Becker, CBCC-KA, CDBC, KPA CTP, CPDT-KA, CTC, Fear Free Cert, BA Comm, will provide you with resources to deepen you and your staff’s understanding of canine and feline behavior and a provide a plethora of options you can confidently share with your clients.

There are no Fear Free trainers near me – how do I meet the trainer standards?

This webinar features a review of the practice certification process and an in-depth look at the Mandatory Physical & Emotional Standard 1.11: “When training and behavior modification strategies are employed, they must be free from aversives and adhere to scientific principles for humane handling techniques”.  Think you know what it means and just want to be sure?  Have no idea what it means or how the standard can be met?  Either way, this webinar is for you!

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Practice Certification Info: Client Education

What makes client education Fear Free? In less than 5 minutes, this webinar provides an overview of client education “dos and don’ts” to ensure your client education library meets the Fear Free Certified Practice Standards.

Help! I think I want to get my practice Fear Free Certified, but I don’t know where to start!

Are you interested in finding out what it takes to become a Fear Free Certified Practice?  Have you already started the process but aren’t quite sure what comes next?  Then please join us for a review of why you would want to and how you go about becoming a Fear Free Certified Practice!

Care of Hospitalized and Boarding Patients

Dr. Rachel Abrams

Join Fear Free Practice Certification Manager Dr. Rachel Abrams for an overview of the path to practice certification and a discussion about preventing and alleviating FAS in your hospitalized and boarding patients.

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Practice Certification Info: SOPs

The thought of crafting SOPs got you down? Never fear, help is here! This 6.5-minute webinar is your guide to understanding how to write an SOP, what needs to be included, and what doesn’t need to be included to meet the Fear Free Certified Practice Standards.

Fear Free Design Ideas

The built environment affects the mental and physical well being of people and animals. What can you in your Fear Free Certified hospital to further foster a low-stress and healthy environment? In this webinar we will give you tips and tools for implementing Fear Free design into your spaces.

Fear Free: Evolving to the Hospitalized, Emergent, and Sick Patient, sponsored by Zoetis

Dr. Tamara Grubb, PhD

In this webinar, board certified veterinary anesthesiologist Dr. Tamara Grubb, PhD, discusses the interconnectedness of pain with fear, anxiety, and stress, and examines therapeutic and diagnostic strategies for both. Topics covered include the relationship between FAS and pain, diagnosing and treating both pain and FAS, reducing FAS in the hospitalized patient, and FAS and pain in the emergency setting. The relationship of pain with fear, anxiety, and stress (FAS) – a relationship that works both ways – is crucial for veterinary professionals who seek to treat their patients’ physical and emotional health. How can the veterinary professional best understand, diagnose, and treat both pain and FAS?

Case Management of Fear, Anxiety, Stress, and Pain, sponsored by Zoetis

Ralph C Harvey, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVAA, UTCVM

Pain adversely affects the fearful, anxious, and stressed patient. These clinical issues are tightly interrelated, and we best manage them together. In this webinar, Dr. Ralph C. Harvey, a specialist certified by the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia, presents clinical cases demonstrating effective management of this deleterious continuum so as to enhance favorable outcomes for patients, clients, veterinary personnel, and practices.