FOCUSED SELF-PACED COURSE · US$69 · START ANYTIME
“One more second” is not yet a training plan.
Your dog can hold a chin rest for two seconds, so you try three. The chin lifts. It is tempting to blame the extra second—but perhaps your food hand moved, the starting position was different, or yesterday’s marker had already taught “we are finished now.” Time was on the stopwatch; it may not have been the first thing that changed.
Duration by Design helps you see the whole repetition, not only the number at the end. You will decide exactly when the behavior starts and ends, check that it is ready to last, plan delivery and the next opportunity, choose a suitable procedure, and write simple rules for when to progress, stay put, make it easier, or stop.
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A stopwatch cannot tell you what happened around the stopwatch
“Make it last longer” sounds like one change. In real training, time often grows together with distance, repetitions, handler movement, a new room, or a wobblier version of the behavior. That is like testing a cake recipe while changing the oven, flour, and baking time: when it collapses, the timer gets all the blame.
You will make the interval visible. In technical language, you will define its onset and offset—plainly, the exact moment your timing starts and stops. You will map the whole loop from setup to the next opportunity, then choose a procedure because it fits this behavior and learner, not because “wait” is expected to perform magic.
Duration lives in ordinary moments: a chin rest during care, four paws on a station while a door opens, a scent indication, a pause before release, or simply staying comfortably in one place while life moves nearby. In all of them, “longer” is not the whole goal. We want the learner to understand what continues, how the repetition ends, and what happens next. That is why this course treats time as one part of a conversation rather than a number we quietly stretch until somebody gets confused.
You will learn to
- tell time apart from distance, number of repetitions, speed, and several criteria bundled together;
- decide whether the behavior is ready to last or still needs clearer teaching;
- mark exactly where one repetition starts and ends, then record a short fair baseline;
- map the complete loop: setup, start, behavior, marker or release, delivery, eating, reset, and return;
- spot when your hand, food delivery, or reset quietly becomes the cue;
- choose between changing the setup, redesigning the loop, backchaining, or teaching a separate “wait” cue;
- plan what happens after duration—room service in position or takeaway elsewhere—according to what you want next;
- write progress, hold, make-easier, and stop rules before the test; and
- compare a successful and unsuccessful repetition before changing one low-risk variable.
One project, developed across the course
Every lesson adds one piece to the same Duration Blueprint: the behavior, readiness check, starting point, whole-loop map, accidental cues, delivery and reset, procedure, decision rules, first small test, and comparison. You finish with one usable plan, not nine interesting ideas floating around like loose socks.
Use an already learned, physically suitable behavior in a humane setup. If the behavior is unstable, participation changes, or pain or welfare may be involved, pause duration work and address that first.
What is inside
You receive eight teaching lessons, one integration lesson, a materials hub, case comparisons, practical records, the complete Duration Blueprint, two private self-checks, worked explanations, and precise routes back to the lesson or tool that supports revision.
See the course sequence
- Longer Is Not Yet Duration
- Is This Behavior Ready to Last?
- Where Does One Trial Begin and End?
- Your Loop May Be Cueing Repetition
- Build a Maintained-Behavior Loop
- Choose What Happens After Duration
- Backchain It or Cue “Wait”?
- Raise Time Without Raising Everything
- What Changed Before the Break?
Who this course is for
Duration by Design is for professionals and serious training enthusiasts working with a learner who can already repeat the target behavior in at least one safe, humane setup. You do not need a behavior-analysis degree. You do need a behavior you can describe clearly and a learner for whom duration work is physically appropriate.
Format and access
- Study format: complete self-paced course
- Start: anytime; access begins immediately after purchase
- Access: one year
- Price: US$69
- Included: complete lessons, worked cases, practical records, visuals, the Duration Blueprint, two private self-checks, worked explanations, and direct links to the exact lesson or tool to revisit
- Study support: private self-checks, worked examples, answer explanations, and clear routes for revision