BehaviorWorks Book Club

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DESCRIPTION AND 2026 DATES:

The Behavior Works Book Club is a guided reading group for animal professionals who want to deepen their grounding in the science of behavior change and its underlying philoslophy. In the upcoming session, we will be reading About Behaviorism, which B. F. Skinner wrote for a popular audience in the mid-1970s. If you have only read or heard secondhand about what Skinner supposedly said or thought, you are in for a few surprises!

Members will read approximately one chapter per week, and meet once every two weeks for a discussion. Facilitator Kiki Yablon, MA, will provide study questions to consider while the reading and to inform discussion.

There is no eligibility requirement to join, but graduates of Living and Learning with Animals will receive a $25 discount (see separate listing in shop).

Price: $200 plus a small processing fee for 12 weeks/6 two-hour meetings, or $175 for LLA graduates.

This session of Book Club will officially begin Wednesday, May 16, with the first meeting on Wednesday, May 27.

Meetings are from 5 PM to 7PM Central Time (Chicago, USA) on the following Wednesdays:

• May 27, 2026
• June 10, 2026
• June 24, 2026
• July 8, 2026
• July 22, 2026
• August 5, 2026

To register, visit https://kikiyablondogtraining.com/shop

BIO:

Kiki Yablon, MA, KPA CTP, CPDT-KA, is a dog behavior consultant and educator who makes behavior science accessible and practical for animal professionals and pet guardians. Kiki has been a co-instructor for Behavior Works’ flagship course, Living and Learning With Animals, since 2014, and in 2022 earned her master’s degree in applied behavioral science from the University of Kansas, where her thesis research examined an intervention for excessive human-directed barking in dogs. In addition to helping her dog training clientele in Chicago, Kiki serves as faculty for the Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior and has presented at conferences including those hosted by the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants Foundation, Karen Pryor Clicker Training, and the Association for Behavior Analysis International.