Behavior Geek: Applied Behavior Analysis Foundations for Dog Trainers

FOCUSED SELF-STUDY COURSE · US$69

Use technical concepts precisely enough to improve a trainer's next question, while keeping every explanation readable and practical.

Learn ABA as an analysis of relations—not a bag of labels—through dog-training cases, near-miss comparisons, and constructional questions.

What you will build

This is independent online study with complete written lessons, worked cases, practical tools, and two assessment forms. Video examples are optional; every teaching point is available in text.

You can use a safe personal training project or the supplied Analyst Route. No exercise requires provoking a problem, working through distress, or continuing when health, welfare, safety, or professional scope sets a boundary.

Course sequence

1. Orientation: Before You Learn More Words
2. Lecture 1: ABA Is Not a Bag of Labels
3. Lecture 2: Behavior Is a Relation, Not a Trait
4. Lecture 3: Measure the Question, Not the Dog
5. Lecture 4: Two Learning Processes Can Be Happening at Once
6. Lecture 5: Contingencies, Plural—ABC Is Not a Timeline
7. Lecture 6: Did the Treat Reinforce That?
8. Lecture 7: The Same Stimulus Can Do Different Jobs
9. Lecture 8: Motivation Without Mind-Reading
10. Lecture 9: Shaping Shows Selection in Motion
11. Lecture 10: Function—From Description to a Defensible Hypothesis
12. Lecture 11: Build What Is Missing—the Constructional Functional Approach
13. Lecture 12: Alternatives, Degrees of Freedom, and Learner Agency
14. Final Integration: What Can You Say, and What Would You Build?
15. Behavior Geek Materials Hub

Format

• Participation: Auditor / independent self-study
• Start: begin after purchase; no cohort date
• Price: US$69
• Included: lessons, cases, tools, graphics, two assessment forms, answer rationales, and remediation routes
• Individual feedback: not included

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Lessons:

• Week 1 07 Aug 2026
  • Orientation: Before You Learn More Words

    Welcome There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from learning a technical word. Suddenly we can call food…

  • Lecture 1: ABA Is Not a Bag of Labels

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to distinguish an observable description, a repeated pattern,…

  • Lecture 2: Behavior Is a Relation, Not a Trait

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to distinguish a response, response class, repertoire, topography,…

  • Lecture 3: Measure the Question, Not the Dog

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to match a training question to a response…

  • Lecture 4: Two Learning Processes Can Be Happening at Once

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to distinguish respondent conditioning from operant selection without…

  • Lecture 5: Contingencies, Plural—ABC Is Not a Timeline

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to distinguish temporal sequence, response–consequence dependency, conditional probability,…

  • Lecture 6: Did the Treat Reinforce That?

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to separate delivery, consumption, preference, and reinforcing function;…

  • Lecture 7: The Same Stimulus Can Do Different Jobs

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to distinguish a cue as an ordinary training…

  • Lecture 8: Motivation Without Mind-Reading

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to identify the two defining effects of a…

  • Lecture 9: Shaping Shows Selection in Motion

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to describe shaping as differential reinforcement of successive…

  • Lecture 10: Function—From Description to a Defensible Hypothesis

    Learn ABA as an analysis of relations—not a bag of labels—through dog-training cases, near-miss comparisons, and constructional…

  • Lecture 11: Build What Is Missing—the Constructional Functional Approach

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to contrast eliminative and constructional starting points, identify…

  • Lecture 12: Alternatives, Degrees of Freedom, and Learner Agency

    Learner outcome By the end of this lecture, you will be able to compare current and alternative behavior patterns by…

  • Final Integration: What Can You Say, and What Would You Build?

    Purpose This integration is not a memory contest. It asks you to use technical terms only when they improve a…

  • Behavior Geek Materials Hub

    How to use these tools These are my original Tromplo learning tools. They help you structure evidence; they do not…

  • Behavior Geek — Final Assessment

    Behavior Geek Assessment — Form A Learner instructions This is a self-study concept check, not a certification, credential, or observed-skills…

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