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NPO for Behavior Support and Training

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Our Mission

Aiming to remove financial barriers for behavior support and training programs for individuals living with or organizations overseeing the care of animals. 

Every service purchased and donation made
funds free programs for those in need. 

Constructional Approach to Animal Welfare and Training is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization.

Our Mission
How We Serve

CAAWT Membership

Join an online constructional community where CAAWT members support each other to think, plan, design, implement, and revise constructional programs to solve various behavioral challenges to meet meaningful goals.  $1 for 14-day trial is available for you to experience!

Consultation

We offer a variety of online group classes to learn Constructional Approach, Constructional Affection, and Constructional Aggression Treatment! CEUs are available for some classes. We also offer private and organizational consultations where we work together to meet our client's meaningful goals!

Workshop

Sean and Maasa have been doing in-person workshops all over the world! We have done workshops in the U.S. and Canada. This August, we are doing the CAAWT Constructional Affection Japan Tour, where we do workshops in 6 locations: Fukuoka, Kochi, Osaka, Tokyo, Saitama, and Hokkaido!

Conference

Enjoy the recordings of the previous CAAWT conferences in the CAAWT Membership! 

Learn from Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz, Dr. T.V. Joe Layng, Barbara Heidenreich, and Sean and Maasa for how we can apply Constructional Approach to animal welfare and training!

All the profits from CAAWT Membership, CAAWT online group classes, private consultations, workshop, and conference will fund free programs that CAAWT offers for individuals and facilities that oversee the care of animals.

How We Serve
CAAWT Online Group Class

We offer a variety of group classes where you can learn about the science of behavior, the Constructional Approach (Goldiamond, 1974/2002; Layng, T. V. J. et al., 2022), measurement and data collection, behavior assessments, and how to design and program using the Constructional Approach to achieve you and your furry friends' meaningful goals. 

​Please check back when we open a new class!

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CAAWT Membership is an online constructional community where we support each other to learn the Constructional Approach and continue refining our knowledge and skills to improve the lives of animals and our relationships with them.
CAAWT Constructional Affection Japan Tour 2024

This August, Sean and Maasa are going to do in-person workshops in 6 cities in Japan: Fukuoka, Kochi Osaka, Tokyo, Saitama, and Hokkaido. During the Japan Tour, we will teach Constructional Affection (Constructional Aggression Treatment in Saitama only) with dogs! The workshops are made possible in collaboration with Japanese CAAWT members! We are excited to meet people in Japan who are dedicated to helping animals and people in need!

*The Japan Tour pages are in Japanese.

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Projects

Fundraising: Digitalizing Critical Interviews in Behavior Analysis and Animal Training 

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CAAWT is currently collecting donations to help preserve over 200 interviews done by Marian and Bob Bailey - never before seen! Please click here to learn more about this amazing opportunity to preserve and delight in the history of our field!

As we digitize, we will release on our YouTube Channel - Constructional Approach to Animal Welfare and Training.

The Bailey Interviews

We released several Interviews conducted by Marian and Bob Bailey back in 90s! Please enjoy the interviews and learn from the pioneers!

Biography: The Life of Israel Goldiamond

We are pleased to bring you our first biography for the "On the Shoulder of Giants" podcast series. This biography will feature interviews with Dr. Goldiamond, his students, family, and friends. This biography will follow Dr. Goldiamond's entire life, exploring his early childhood in post-WWI Ukraine, moving to the U.S. and growing up through the roaring '20s, his contributions to the Allied efforts in WWII, his lasting impacts on those close to him, and his discoveries in the field of Behavior Analysis. 

Become a CAAWT Podcast Sponsor
 to enjoy the life of Israel Goldiamond!
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