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A 2-Day Immersive Clinical Intensive
This small-group intensive provides structured, practical tools to manage complex behavior cases in everyday clinical practice
Who Should Attend
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General practice veterinarians
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RVT/CVT/LVT supporting behavior cases
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DVMs integrating psychopharmacology
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Practices expanding veterinary behavior services
What You'll Learn
Work It Up
What you need to ask, what you need to do and what you need to know to figure out what's going on.
Diagnosis Differentiation
How to tell if its anxiety or not. And then, if it is, what to call it? And what else could it be?
Medication Strategy
How to design and implement a cohesive and calibrated psychopharmacology plan.
Medication Selection
Not sure what to pick when? Get the essentials on how to choose and how to combine for maximum efficacy.
Treatment Planning
More than just meds, learn how to oversee a cohesive treatment plan, evaluate effective collaboration with trainers and pull it all together for your clients.
Clinical Confidence
Apply tools immediately in practice when you go home. Look forward to behavior cases.
Program Structure
Day 1
Figuring It Out
Morning
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Colleague meet and greet
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Expectations for behavior cases: yours and the clients
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Body language review: interactive group video analysis
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Data collection - figuring out what you need to know, defining parameters and how you are going to track response to treatment
Afternoon
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Differentiating normal from abnormal
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Neuroanatomy of fear, anxiety and phobias
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Determining motivations
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The Diagnosis Debrief
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Comorbidities and diagnostics
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​Workshopping cases together
Day 2
"Fixing" It
Morning
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Constructing a treatment plan
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The buckets of behavior treatment
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Framing for clients
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Stop the bleeding behavior-style
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How behavior therapies work
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Evaluating trainers for partnership potential
Afternoon
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Make Good Choices: Behavior Therapies
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How to manage psychiatry well
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Know your tools: psychopharmacology full review
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Workshopping treatment plans
More than just lectures...
Bootcamp is designed to give you practice, problem solve and think, not just absorb. Convert the lecture into application through:
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Workshopping example cases
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Small-group work
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Treatment design with feedback
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Live video analysis
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Click Your Colleague game
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Trainer Website Wrangle
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Submit cases in advance for group review
What's included
During the Weekend:
14 hours of continuing education (RACE approval pending)
Light breakfast each morning
Catered lunch each day
Refreshments to keep you going
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Take Home Pack:
Case Treatment Planning Worksheet
Behavior Medication Client Handout Library
Medication Dosing Reference Card
The GPs Behavior History Questionnaire Template
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Bonus: Complementary No Fuss Vet-to-Vet Teleconsult within 3 months of the workshop!
Meet the Instructor
Dr. Ariel Fagen, DVM, DACVB
Board-Certified Veterinary Behaviorist
Founder, The Veterinary Behavior Center
This intensive reflects the same clinical rigor and practical framework used daily at The Veterinary Behavior Center. Attendees will gain structured, evidence-based tools to confidently diagnose and manage complex behavior cases in their own practices.
Why Boulder?
Consistently ranked among the best cities in the country, Boulder sits at 5,430 feet above sea level at the base of the iconic Flatirons. With a walkable downtown, exceptional restaurants, and miles of trails just minutes from town, it’s an easy place to extend your stay.
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It’s an ideal place to combine serious learning with a memorable Colorado weekend.
Limited to 16 participants to preserve depth, discussion, and real case work.