'a well-executed training programme should involve a solid framework, staff training, and most importantly, effective leadership' - Disney Animal Programs
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The Training Process Cycle
Identify Needs
Design Training
Deliver Training
Assessment
Evaluate
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Why is planning important?
Clear guidelines for each session
Break down complex behaviours into manageable steps
Allows for easier progression
Enables evaluation
Improve communication between trainers
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Planning
Spider Framework
Setting goals
Plan
Implement
Documenting
Evaluating
Re-adjusting
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Information Needed in a Training Program Part 1
relationships with conspecifics
animal history and information
name
age
species
learning history
goal of training
explanation - 'topography'
cue
training method
equipment
medical history (only if there is something key)
recognise signals and patterns of behaviour that indicate stress or appeasement
session length and frequency
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Information Needed in a Training Program Part 2
steps to training
shaping training
'shaping' - when the behaviour is broken down into steps in order to achieve a more complex behaviour
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