CULTIVATE CALM

Students receive extensive personalized support from Emma Parsons including up to 4 real-time video coaching sessions and up to 10 hours of support for additional feedback on video submissions,  course assignments, and ongoing questions via email.

When you finish the course, continue learning through the free online social group hosted by Emma exclusively for course graduates!

1. A computer or device with high-speed internet access and a modern web browser
2. Support for Adobe PDF documents
3. Training supplies:
   • clicker
   • treat pouch
   • high-quality training treats
   • 6-8 foot leash (not a flex-lead) and/or 12+ foot long-line
   • front/rear attachment harness, buckle collar, or martingale.
   • (optional) muzzle that your dog can eat/drink through while wearing
4. Ability to record video on (e.g. phone, camcorder, digital camera) as well as a way of capturing good angles of training sessions (e.g. tripod, gimble, helper).
5. Access to a dog for practicing and demonstrating observational and training skills
6. Access to removable, novel stimuli

Dog reactivity and aggression cases vary widely in their complexity and potential for danger to instructors, clients, dogs, and others. This course alone cannot make you an “expert”  in, or qualified to address, all types of dog aggression.  

This course provides a strong platform for developing a new set of services or building your existing reactive and aggressive dog behavior consulting practice. It also provides ongoing community support to course graduates through the online Click to Calm discussion group.

This course is for experienced marker-based positive reinforcement trainers who want to expand their business services to include 1-on-1 reactive or aggressive dog behavior clients in-person or remotely.

This course is also for trainers who are already working with reactivity or aggression clients but looking to add to their client solutions and behavior modification toolkit. 

This course is very beneficial for experienced trainers looking to work with their own dogs; however, the content is designed for those who will be working with clients.

You have access to the full course for 12 months. The course has been designed to be completed in approximately  6 months for students working steadily but; students have up to 12 months from their registration date to complete the course. Students can continue to reassess for their SkillCheck designation for the duration of their enrollment and up to the 12-video submission limit.

Emma Parsons will help you learn to work with reactive and aggressive dogs and apply the Click to Calm protocol confidently and competently. 

The course uniquely integrates core ideas and principles from all three of Emma's books and client work. The course provides extensive support and feedback as you develop your knowledge and skills. 

To help you learn, students receive detailed feedback and assessments in each Unit. Students meeting the criteria can earn, from Emma, the  KPA SkillCheck for the Click to Calm methodology. 

The course content includes many real-life videos and client-ready teaching materials (i.e., communications, exercises, and lessons) from Emma's personal collection of client work and training classes.  After the course is over, you can stay connected to Emma and your fellow graduates plus get support via the online social group.

Note: While students are welcome to read any of Emma's books prior to enrollment, it is not a pre-requisite for taking the course.

Yes. This course is eligible for CEUS

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

Yes. You can download and/or print a certificate of completion for this course.

You can also submit video and written work for review and feedback to earn your SkillCheck™ designation and badge!

SkillCheck^TM is a formalized KPA method for teachers to provide feedback to students on the skills taught in a specific course. Unique SkillCheck criteria are developed for each KPA course or class that offers SkillCheck assessment.

In this course, SkillCheck is available and open to all students. You will receive an easy-to-digest assessment of your skill progress on the Click to Calm methodology and, if you complete the course and demonstrate proficiency, you will earn the SkillCheck designation for Click to Calm!

The SkillCheck™ designation means that you demonstrated competency in the specific skills taught in a KPA class or course.

While eligible students in the class receive the SkillCheck assessment, the SkillCheck designation is awarded only to those students who complete the class and meet the criteria for the specific skills in the class.

Students who achieve the SkillCheck designation can feel confident that they have the proficiency and understanding to apply the skills and continue advancing them.

Interested students can earn their SkillCheck in Click to Calm and will receive both a digital copy of that designation and a digital badge that can be displayed.

Please note: A KPA SkillCheck designation does NOT make you a KPA Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP).

In order to earn your Click to Calm SkillCheck™ and badge you must submit the following for review:

• Four 1-minute videos demonstrating successful training of a set of Basic behaviors from the course
• Three 1-minute videos demonstrating successful training of Emergency Foundation behaviors from the course
• Nine 1-2 minute videos demonstrating successful implementation of the stages of the Click to Calm protocol
• One written, short-answer questionnaire demonstrating an understanding of how to apply the Click to Calm protocol across various contexts

If you earn the SkillCheck™ designation in Click to  Calm, you will be notified by your teacher or course administrator and provided with the SkillCheck Click to Calm digital badge for your use. You may also claim in written format that you earned your "KPA SkillCheck: Click to Calm."

Please specify that you earned a SkillCheck with the specific reference to the skill/course in which it was earned and that it was earned with Karen Pryor Academy (KPA); all of these elements must always be included. You can find an example of the badge in this section!

IMPORTANT:

• The KPA SkillCheck designation is the mark of competency earned from a specific KPA course. It is not a KPA certification and you may not use language that you are certified by KPA in, for example, Click to Calm or any representation or language to that effect. It is permissible to note in text format that you earned your KPA SkillCheck in Click to Calm or in a signature that includes "KPA SkillCheck: Click to Calm." You may also display the official badge freely.
• A KPA SkillCheck designation does NOT make you a KPA Certified Training Partner (KPA CTP); therefore, you may not represent the KPA SkillCheck as a form of general certification by KPA in any public or private communications.

The course was written and is taught by canine reactive and aggressive behavior specialist, instructor, and author Emma Parsons. Emma has taught dog trainers all over the world how to safely, humanely, and effectively rehabilitate dogs and help families struggling to overcome reactive or aggressive dog behavior.

You can read more about Emma Parsons in the Meet Your Teacher section

The course was also co-developed, reviewed, and approved by Karen Pryor Clicker Training. It is 100% force-free and fun for teachers, students, and dogs!