We are back to podcasting!! In this episode, we share our recent work with one of the shelter dogs - Barry! Barry, a 9-month-old, 100-pound puppy, was jumping and mothing all over us to an extreme level. And he needed help to learn how to interact with people to obtain what he wanted, which was attention and interaction from people. You will hear how we applied Interaction Guidelines to effectively teach him how to ask for and receive affection from us. We hope you enjoy listening to Barry's shelter story as much as we enjoyed talking about it? Below is the link we mentioned during the episod ..read more

In this episode, we share Sammy's journey of finding his forever home. Sammy was a dog that loved people. However, he was engaging in behaviors that prevented him from getting adopted. He would excessively jump inside his enclosure and when interacting with people. But all he wanted was affection from people. So, we used Constructional Affection to teach him how to ask for and receive affection from people and engage in desirable behaviors when greeting new people! On 5/22, a sweet family welcomed him to their family. We hope you enjoy this episode! Below is the link we mentioned during the ep ..read more

In this episode, we explore the application of Constructional Affection to other species, such as equines, tortoises, birds, etc! To get us started, Sean and Maasa are discussing the conjugate reinforcement schedule and several questions to consider: When is it ideal to use Constructional Affection? How can we program our affection as a reinforcer? How can we set up the environment to ask the animal whether affection is working as a reinforcer? What are the desirable behaviors we want to shape through affection with equines that leads to mutually enjoyable relationships? We also share Interact ..read more

We have been going to our local animal shelter and working with their dogs for a while now! So, we wanted to share stories of three dogs that we got to work with: Ryder, Carmel, and Shelby. You will hear how the Constructional Approach helped them learn desirable behaviors to ask for and receive our interaction and affection, which is critical for finding their forever homes! Watch the first session with Carmel *We will soon be publishing Carmal's follow-up video and Ryder's video on CAAWT YouTube Channel! Below are the links we mentioned during the episode: ❤️Constructional Affection group ..read more

In part 2 of our interview with Dr. Susan Friedman, we have a thought-provoking discussion about the contributions, similarities, and differences the Constructional Approach has with other approaches to training and other behavior analytic approaches. Please enjoy as we explore this approach from its philosophic implication to its influence on real-world procedures! Below are the links we mentioned during the episode: ? CAAWT conference 2022! Save the date on July 25th to 30th! https://www.caawt.com/2022-conference ? Enhancing Efficiency - Measurement, Data Collection, and Beyond! https://ww ..read more

Happy New Year, everyone! We are kicking off our first episode of 2022 with an interview with Dr. Susan Friedman! In this first part of two episodes, Dr. Friedman describes her passion for behavior analysis, the contingencies that motivate people to continue learning and growing in this field, and the importance of adopting this animal training philosophy. Please enjoy this amazing interview with one of the pioneers of applications of Applied Behavior Analysis!  Below are the links we mentioned during the episode: ? CAAWT Book Club - We will be reading the book, Nonlinear Contingency An ..read more

2021 is almost ending, and 2022 is at the corner! We are sure that you are starting to set goals and things you want to do in 2022! In this episode, we reflected on the goals we set for 2021, what we did to achieve our goals, and we also talked about our goals for 2022! We are looking forward to continuing learning and exploring the Constructional Approach and meeting our goals together in 2022!  Thank you for listening to the CAAWT podcast for two years!  We wish you happy holidays and hope you all have an amazing new year with your lovely animal companions! Below are the links we ..read more

We begin our two-episode journey of exploring Constructional Aggression Treatment with Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz. Constructional Aggression Treatment, also known as CAT, applies the Constructional Approach to the treatment of fearful and aggressive behaviors. Dr. Rosales-Ruiz is the creator of CAT, and is going to share with us his journey of bringing the Constructional Approach to help improve the lives of animals showing fearful and aggressive behaviors with enlightening stories. Please enjoy!  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/CAAWT ..read more

The Constructional Questionnaire (Goldiamond, 1974) is a powerful tool that can help guide our consulting and help achieve our client's meaningful goals that will sustain themselves easily in our absence. In this episode, Stuart Hoffman shares his learning journey of understanding the Constructional Approach, his first experience using the questionnaire, and its impact on the dog and their family. We hope you enjoy this wonderful interview! Below are the links we mentioned during the episode: ? Register and learn more about the CAAWT Membership: https://www.caawt.com/caawt-membership *You can ..read more

Join us for another fun and inspiring conversation with Chase Owens! Chase and Sean talked about how we can be constructional and practical for helping shelter dogs get adopted and stay adopted. Their conversation highlights the importance of how we choose a specific procedure and set our training goals. In the case of helping shelter dogs, the dogs need to learn desirable human-animal interactions that will help the dogs get adopted and stay adopted. Chase describes how Constructional Affection is an ideal procedure to help achieve this goal. Please enjoy! Below are the links we mentioned du ..read more