Bullying, Operant Condition and Apprenticeship
Why my apprenticeship as an animal trainer qualifies me to teach operant conditioning as a solution to the problem of bullying.

This may come as a shock to a lot of people, but not everyone likes me. There are definitely people I’ve pissed off. Not intentionally mind you, but it happens. Sometimes you just have to do what you think is right. One of the many people I’ve pissed off through the years has taken it upon themselves to discredit my credentials as it relates to teaching of bullying elimination.
I normally don’t feel compelled to defend myself from attacks from people like this, because it won’t change or impact my strained relationship with them, and outside a small circle of friends, they have very little influence anyway. Plus, I think my work speaks for itself.
However, I do think it is worthwhile answering their particular critiques regarding the bullying elimination training I provide because by doing so, I can better explain what it is, exactly, I teach, why I teach it and why this particular approach to the problem of bullying matters and why you should learn it.
Let’s start with the approach.
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