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	<title>Bird Training Blog &#187; Reinforcement</title>
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	<description>A Blog by Sid Price, dedicated to Operant Conditioning and Applied Behavior Analysis</description>
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		<title>Ethical training as a way of life</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/07/27/ethical-training-is-a-way-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following was written as my &#8220;Letter from the President&#8221; in the current issue of the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators Flyer member&#8217;s magazine. I received emails and even a phone call or two from my IAATE collegues who had found it useful and even inspirational. I believe it is worth publishing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Positive Least Intrusive Trainers</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/01/15/most-positive-least-intrusive-trainers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using only positive reinforcement seems like the right thing to do, however telling anyone that is what they should do is possibly setting them up for failure by taking tools off the table that in some circumstances may be required. The world is just not built that way; nor are animals “wired” to operate that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Training Secrets</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2010/01/11/more-training-secrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that my (enable sarcasm) favorite internet bird trainers (sarcasm off … for now) have discovered two new and powerful techniques that we professionals have been hiding because we purposely use words they can’t understand, or more accurately that they claim the average parrot owner doesn’t understand. While this new “secret” is flawed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I need help with my phobic parrot!</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/07/31/i-need-help-with-my-phobic-parrot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You read it all the time in internet chat groups and even magazine articles, &#8220;I need urgent help with my phobic (insert parrots species).&#8221; It seems to me that the majority of people asking these questions and many of those answering them do not understand what phobia is.
Let&#8217;s start by going to Webster&#8217;s for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6th Annual Raptor Handling Class</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/06/20/6th-annual-raptor-handling-class/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/06/20/6th-annual-raptor-handling-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reinforcement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avian Ambassadors&#8217; 6th Annual Raptor Handling Class
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July, 2009
From 9.30a to 4.00p at
The Marriott Hotel, Albuquerque, NM
Meet the stars of the Flights of Education Shows
We are pleased to announce the dates for our 6th Annual Raptor Handling Class. This year&#8217;s class will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Uptown Albuquerque [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I scared my bird!</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/06/19/i-scared-my-bird/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/06/19/i-scared-my-bird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Training is an ongoing thing. No matter how well we believe our birds are trained, no matter how hard we have worked to generalize behavior, one day in our confidence we make a mistake. That happened to me this morning …
 
Mijo is a yellow-naped Amazon; he is just over a year old and has lived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reinforcing and Punishing Consequences</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/03/04/reinforcing-and-punishing-consequences/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2009/03/04/reinforcing-and-punishing-consequences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reinforcement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier article I wrote about the basics of Applied Behavior Analysis so I don’t propose to cover them again here. What I would like to talk about is how one identifies a consequence as either a reinforcer or a punisher.
 
First, remember that in order to really affect a behavior the stimulus delivered or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punishment Revisted</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2008/08/11/punishment-revisted/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2008/08/11/punishment-revisted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last blog article I wrote about the importance of using the terms of Operant Conditioning (OC) and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) correctly and consistently. The article was inspired by what I considered to be a disappointing article published by Karen Pryor, in particular her discussion of Punishment. In response to my post I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trainers who use science are the best &#8230; maybe</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2008/04/24/trainers-who-use-science-are-the-best-maybe/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2008/04/24/trainers-who-use-science-are-the-best-maybe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SidPrice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing discussion of training in online groups is excellent, not only because it means that it raises the profile of training but also because it gives me an opportunity to understand better what this blog may bring to the community. What peaked my interest this morning was a discussion about trainers who use science and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Primary/Secondary Reinforcement Dichotomy</title>
		<link>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2008/03/27/the-primarysecondary-reinforcement-dichotomy/</link>
		<comments>http://avianambassadors.com/BirdTraining/2008/03/27/the-primarysecondary-reinforcement-dichotomy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I got an email about a statement I made about secondary reinforcers.
&#8220;Once the subject understands the training process it may be possible to introduce secondary or conditioned reinforcers such as attention, verbal praise, or access to toys.&#8221;
The writer questioned if I really thought that my examples were secondary reinforcers. This [...]]]></description>
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