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Topics for questions: Fundamental principles of learning and behavior (Behavior Analysis) and how to apply that learning to all species, Humane Hierarchy (she wrote it), bird care and training. Also see the research info below.

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About Susan Friedman, Ph.D.

Susan is an expert in how animals learn (including dogs, parrots, and humans) and how we accidentally teach them the behavior we don’t like. She is an advocate of removing labels, like “aggressive dog” or “fear biter” because they get in the way of good training and learning.

In the last several years, Susan has pioneered efforts to apply to animals the humane philosophy and scientifically sound teaching technology from the field of Applied Behavior Analysis, which has been so effective with human learners. The guiding principle of this approach is a hierarchy of teaching interventions starting with the most positive, least intrusive, effective behavior solutions. In dog training, Susan’s “Humane Hierarchy” is one of the gold standards for assessing behavior modification techniques.

Susan is a steadfast proponent of changing behavior through facilitation rather than force, focusing on animals’ extraordinary biologic capacity to learn by interacting with their environment. She teaches that by changing the environment for success, animals learn to behave successfully.

Susan is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University. She has helped pioneer the cross-species application of behavior analysis to animals, using the same humane philosophy and scientifically sound teaching technology that has been so effective with human learners. She has written chapters in three veterinary texts, and her popular magazine articles have been translated into 11 languages (www.behaviorworks.org). Susan also blogs for Psychology Today (www.psychologytoday.com).

Susan has given seminars on learning and behavior around the world (Australia, Botswana, Canada, England, Holland, Ireland, Israel, France, New Zealand, and Sweden to name a few); at zoo facilities (Assiniboine Zoo, Audubon Zoo, Cheyenne Mt. Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Denver Zoo, Houston Zoo, London Zoo and San Diego Zoo); and conferences (International Association for Aquarium Animal Medicine, the Association of Avian Veterinarians, the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, Moorpark College’s Exotic Animal Training, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and the San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers).

She has been the Keynote Speaker at Karen Pryor’s Clicker Expos and the International Marine Animal Trainer’s Association (IMATA). Susan was a core member of the now retired US Fish and Wildlife Condor Recovery Team and has been nominated for the Media Award given by the International Association of Behavior Analysis, for disseminating the essential tools people need to empower and enrich the lives of all learners.

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SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

• Friedman, S.G. & Haug, L. (2010). From parrots to pigs to pythons: Principles and procedures of learning. In
  V.V. Tynes (Ed.), Behavior of Exotic Pets (pp. 191-205). Ames, IA, Wiley-Blackwell.
• Friedman, S.G., Martin, S.A. & Brinker, B. (2006). Behavior analysis and parrot learning. In A. Luescher (Ed.),
  Manual of Parrot Behavior (pp. 147-163). Ames, IA: Blackwell.
• Friedman, S.G., Edling, T. & Cheney, C.D. (2006). The natural science of behavior. In G.J. Harrison & T.L.
  Lightfoot (Ed.), Clinical Avian Medicine (pp. 46-59). Palm Beach, FL: Spix.

Articles

• Friedman, S.G. (2012). Back in the Black. Rebuild a Bankrupt Relationship. Bird Talk Magazine, Sept., 14-17.
  Martin, S.A. & Friedman, S.G. (2011). Blazing Clickers. Proceedings of the Annual ABMA 2011 Conference.
  Proceedings of the Animal Behavior Management Association, Denver, CO, April 17-27, 2010.
• Friedman, S.G. (2010). Best practices for behavior change. Proceedings of the Annual AAV 2010
  Conference. Proceedings of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, San Diego, CA, August 1-5, 2010 (pp.
  3-7). Texas: AAV Publications.
• Friedman, S.G. (2010). P-A-R-R-O-T do tell. PsittaScene, 32, 14-17.
• Friedman, S.G. (2009). Right on target. Bird Talk Magazine, 27(3), 20-25.
• Friedman, S.G., (2008). What’s wrong with this picture? Effectiveness is not enough. Good Bird Magazine,
  4(4), 12-18.
• Friedman, S.G., (2008). 10 things your parrots what you to know about behavior. PsittaScene, May. 14-16.
• Friedman, S.G., et al. (2008). Roundtable discussion. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery. 22(1), 66-72.
• Friedman, S.G. (2007).Pavlov’s parrots: Understanding and extinguishing learned fear triggers. Good Bird
  Magazine, 3(2), 27-30.
• Friedman, S.G. (2007). A framework for solving behavior problems: Functional assessment and intervention
  planning. Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine. 16(1), 6-10.
• Friedman, S.G. (2005). Straight talk about parrot behavior. Good Bird Magazine, 1(3), 18-20, 62-68.
• Friedman, S.G., (2005). He said, she said, science says. Good Bird Magazine, 1(1), 10-14.
• Friedman, S.G. & Brinker, B. (2001). The ABCs of behavior. Original Flying Machine, 9, 25-28.
• Friedman, S.G. & Brinker, B. (2001). The struggle for dominance – fact or fiction. Original Flying Machine, 6,
  17-20.
• Friedman, S.G. & Brinker, B. (2001). The facts about punishment. Original Flying Machine. 4, 14-16,
  Genaux, M., Morgan, D. P., & Friedman, S. G. (1995). Substance use prevention opinions: A survey of
  teachers’ of student with behavioral disorders opinions about substance use and its prevention. Behavioral
  Disorders, 20(4), 279-289.
• Genaux, M., Morgan, D. P., & Friedman, S. G. (1995). Substance use prevention opinions: A survey of
  teachers’ of student with behavioral disorders opinions about substance use and its prevention. Behavioral
  Disorders, 20(4), 279-289.
• Hofmeister, A., & Friedman, S. G. (1986). The application of technology to the education of persons with
  severe handicaps. In R. M. Horner, L. H. Meyer, & H. D. Fredericks (Ed.), Education of learners with severe
• Thorkildsen, R. J., & Friedman, S. G. (1986). Videodisc reading instruction in the resource room. Learning
  Disabilities Quarterly, 9(2), 111-117.
• Friedman, S. G., & Hofmeister, A. (1984). Matching technology to content and learners: A case study.
  Exceptional Children Journal, 51(2), 130-134.