CULTIVATE CALM

For dogs with "big feelings" and the instructors who help them

LEARN AN AWARD-WINNING METHODOLOGY FOR TRANSFORMING UNWANTED, REACTIVE, AND AGGRESSIVE DOG BEHAVIOR

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ROOTED IN BEHAVIOR SCIENCE
REINFORCED BY CLIENT EXPERIENCE


Transform the Lives of Dogs and the People Who Love Them

Learn the ground-breaking Click to Calm method, tools, and techniques that award-winning author and behavior specialist Emma Parsons has used to help hundreds of her clients and their dogs.

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45

TRAINING VIDEOS

10

SUPPORT HOURS FOR FEEDBACK

44

CLIENT-READY HANDOUTS
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REAL-TIME COACHING SESSIONS
ONLINE GRADUATE GROUP ACCESS

PLENTY of COOKIES, NOT COOKIE CUTTER


Learn to apply the methodology effectively across clients and contexts

TACKLE A WIDE VARIETY OF BEHAVIOR ISSUES WITH EFFECTIVE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ARRANGEMENT

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  1. Apply the Click to Calm protocol for a wide range of unwanted behaviors such as dog/dog reactivity, dog/people reactivity, over-excited greetings, and reactivity to objects, unfamiliar places, and other stimuli. 

  2. Effectively and efficiently teach more than 35 distinctive skills and behaviors, for “both ends of the leash,” that can keep you, your clients, your clients’ dogs, and others safe. 

  3. Help remove the barriers that limit dogs' lives and create challenges for their families.

  4. Observe a dog’s threshold of arousal and use the Click to Calm protocol to help the dog refocus and calmly re-engage with the handler.

  5. Apply the Click to Calm protocol in a wide range of in-home and “in real life” environments, including in the neighborhood or in parks.

  6. Implement the eight principles of home management for living with reactive dogs.

  7. And so much more...

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    MEET YOUR TEACHERS


    She Literally Wrote the Books

    EXCEPTIONAL TRAINERS & EDUCATORS COMMITTED TO YOUR SUCCESS.
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      Emma Parsons, KPA CTP, CDBC

      KPA Faculty Member

      REACTIVITY AND AGGRESSION • WRITING • TRAVEL

      Emma Parsons is a renowned canine reactivity and aggressive behavior specialist, teacher and trainer, dog-sports competitor, author of three popular books on aggression and reactivity, and the creator of the Click to Calm protocol for which she was awarded the Animal Welfare Advancement Award from the Animal Behavior Management Alliance (ABMA).

      Emma loves dogs, dog training, and teaching dog training. She is a Karen Pryor Academy faculty member and has been an instructor within the KPA flagship Dog Trainer Professional program since its inception, earning rave reviews from her students. Emma is also a long-standing member of the ClickerExpo faculty, delivering standing-room-only lectures and Learning Labs related to dog behavior and training. Emma is known for her empathetic but no-nonsense approach and her entertainingly delightful Boston accent!

      A mentee of Karen Pryor early in her career, Emma was driven to find solutions to aggressive behavior because of Ben, her golden retriever— both her most demanding client and her best teacher. With Karen's encouragement, Emma focused on managing and rehabilitating reactive and aggressive dog behavior and developed breakthrough marker-based positive reinforcement methods thereby helping Ben and, eventually, thousands of other dogs live rich and relaxed lives. 

      Emma has authored three popular books on reactive and aggressive dog behavior: Click to Calm: Healing the Aggressive Dog; (nominated for DWAA's training book of the year), Teaching the Reactive Dog Class: Leading the Journey from Reactivity to Reliability; and The New Click to Calm: Solutions for All Dogs in a Challenging World. For fun, Emma is a successful competitor in Obedience and Agility, earning titles at the national level with several of her dogs.

      In addition to being a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP) Emma is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC) and holds a BA degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She shares her life with her husband, Greg, and their three clicker-trained competition obedience/agility dogs: Border Collie Joshua-Hunt, Golden Retriever Sprit-Rayne, and 2018 Golden Retriever Hall-of-Fame inductee and 5-time Agility Champion Austyn-Roque.

      BUILD CONFIDENCE


      Customized, 1:1 coaching from Emma Parsons
      Feedback to help you progress during the course, plus support for your client cases after the course

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      EARN YOUR DESIGNATION

      SHOW YOUR SKILL

      Build confidence through the KPA SkillCheckTM assessment process.
      Show competence with the SkillCheck digital badge.
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      EXPAND YOUR SKILLS AND YOUR PRACTICE
      ADDRESS DIFFICULT CASES CONFIDENTLY
      A COMPLETE TOOLKIT

      Personalized Learning: 4 sessions of real-time virtual coaching with Emma Parsons, plus 10 hours of support, feedback, and coaching for video submissions and other questions via email.

      Learn at Your Pace: Unlimited course access to the lessons and videos for a full year.

      Earn Your KPA SkillCheck™ competence badge for the Click to Calm Protocol

      Ready to Use: Tons of client-ready handouts including training plans, instructional handouts, and quick-reference guides.

      Ongoing learning: Continued case support and idea exchange through the Click to Calm graduate discussion group with Emma Parsons

      Lightspeed payback. Most trainers will make back the investment in Click to Calm with just a single new client!

      This course is eligible for CEUs

      • Karen Pryor Academy (KPA)
        • CEUs: 15
      • The Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers (CCPDT)
        • CPDT-KA
          • KSA-Skills: 15
        • CBCC-KA: 6
      • The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC):
        • CEUs: 25
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      CREATE CALM

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