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.
What’s that you smell?
We know that dogs’ and cats’ sense of smell if far superior to ours. What can we do to to optimize their olfactory experience? In this webinar, Fear Free Practice Certification Manager Dr. Rachel Abrams will take a closer look at Optional Facilities Standard 4.8 “Cleaning protocols to improve olfactory experience for pet are in place.”
All webinars in this series open with a brief overview of the path to practice certification and conclude with a live Q&A session.
Fear Free Facilitates Clinical Success
Dr. Ralph Harvey
Join board-certified anesthesiologist Dr. Ralph Harvey for tips and tricks to taking your Fear Free sedation efforts to the next level. This webinar will feature a case discussion as well as sedation hacks you don’t want to miss!
Do You Hear What I Hear? Noise Aversion Beyond Thunder and Fireworks
Noise aversion isn’t only about thunder and fireworks. Many of your patients are suffering daily from noise aversion to everyday environmental events.
What can the veterinary professional do? In this webinar, sponsored by Zoetis, board certified veterinary behaviorist and Fear Free Executive Council member Dr. Lisa Radosta discusses a variety of treatments that can help patients with noise aversion live happier lives.
Inside Practice Certification: Culture, Training & Leadership, Oh My!
What do culture, training and leadership have to do with Fear Free? More than you may realize! In this webinar, Fear Free Practice Certification Manager Dr. Rachel Abrams reviews some key points for the mandatory standards in this category.
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!
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?