Continuing Education Opportunities

This webpage provides a listing of continue education options for professional development. All IAABC credentials are valid for three years from the award date and must be renewed every three years to stay valid. To renew, 36 continue education units (CEUs) must be earned within the three-year period.

To view our full Continuing Education Units (CEU) policy, please click here.

IAABC Foundation Courses

Included with your IAABC membership is access to a variety of courses and webinars from the IAABC Foundation, our sister company. To view the course catalog, visit https://learning.iaabcfoundation.org/. If it’s your first time logging into the IAABC Foundation website, you may need to complete a registration form using the same email address as your IAABC.org membership.

Education Host

If you would like to register to be an IAABC CEU Host, please click here. If you have previously hosted a CEU course or event and would like to host another, please log into your account.

Course	Description	Date	Type	Speakers	CEUs
Canine and Feline CPR and First Aid IAABC Sponsor	This pet CPR and first aid certification program is designed to teach the participant the fundamentals of canine and feline CPR and First Aid and will provide an overview of what to do for a pet in an emergency en route to veterinary care. The curriculum was developed by licensed veterinary professionals using veterinary industry-standard methods of emergency medical care. The skills and topics covered in this class include: • Safety techniques when working with sick and/or injured animals • How to perform emergency triage and assess if an animal is experiencing a life-threatening medic...	Jan. 15, 2024 - Jan. 15, 2025	Online / Remote Learning	Amy D'Andrea MEd, RVT, CVT, VTS(EVN)	3.00
Canine and Feline CPR and Advanced Life Support IAABC Sponsor	This course is a comprehensive overview of how to manage a life-threatening emergency when it arrives in your hospital. The skills and topics covered in this class include how to communicate effectively during an emergency situation both with clients and other staff members, how to triage a patient and determine medical need, develop an emergency plan for your hospital, how to function as an ICU team during an emergency, how to recognize and manage a variety of emergency conditions including cardiac arrest, how to properly use monitoring equipment in the ICU, utilize fluid therapy, how to p...	Jan. 15, 2024 - Jan. 15, 2025	Online / Remote Learning	Amy D'Andrea MEd, RVT, CVT, VTS(EVN)	3.00
Canine Wilderness Emergency First Aid IAABC Sponsor	The Wilderness First Aid for Dogs course is for outdoor enthusiasts who like to take their dogs on their adventures where access to emergency veterinary care is unavailable. Learn to help increase your dog’s chance of survival and/or prevent their medical emergencies from getting worse by knowing what to do when emergencies happen during outdoor activities. This is a comprehensive detailed program that focuses on wilderness first aid and the management of medical emergencies that can happen to your dog in remote areas, trail hiking, camping, water activities, and more. Disclaimer: Some of ...	Jan. 15, 2024 - Jan. 15, 2025	Online / Remote Learning	Amy D'Andrea MEd, RVT, CVT, VTS(EVN)	3.00
Equine Emergency First Aid IAABC Sponsor	Our Emergency First Aid for Horses provides an introductory overview of how to manage common medical emergencies when they happen to horses. This does not include any advanced veterinary medical content regulated by law and the state veterinary practice act. Topics include: Transporting and restraining sick and/or injured horses, how to prepare an emergency plan and first aid kit for your farm, how to perform triage, physical assessments including obtaining vital signs, traumatic injuries such as wounds and fractures, how to apply an emergency splint, how to perform quick release ties and u...	Jan. 15, 2024 - Jan. 15, 2025	Online / Remote Learning	Amy D'Andrea MEd, RVT, CVT, VTS(EVN)	3.00
Reptile, Avian and Small Mammal Emergency First Aid IAABC Sponsor	The Exotics First Aid and Care is a program designed to teach the participant the importance of proper husbandry, handling, nutrition, and first aid for a variety of exotic pets such as birds, reptiles, amphibians, and small pocket pets. This course provides an overview on how to prevent and manage minor wounds, and emergencies that may present a life-threatening medical emergency that can occur with our exotic pets. It focuses on proper husbandry and nutrition to help prevent common ailments, and how to to apply first-aid techniques to either try to keep the animal alive or prevent its con...	Jan. 15, 2024 - Jan. 15, 2025	Online / Remote Learning	Amy D'Andrea MEd, RVT, CVT, VTS(EVN)	3.00
Livestock Emergency First Aid and Wellness Care IAABC Sponsor	This course provides an introductory overview of how to provide initial emergency first aid and perform triage on cattle, small ruminants, and swine until veterinary care can be ascertained. The curriculum also teaches how to maintain proper herd management utilized in both companion and food animal husbandry environments. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster plan curriculum for livestock will also be discussed.	Jan. 15, 2024 - Jan. 15, 2025	Online / Remote Learning	Amy D'Andrea MEd, RVT, CVT, VTS(EVN)	3.00
Canine and Feline CPR and First Aid for Grooming Professionals IAABC Sponsor	This course is a customized version of our Canine and Feline CPR and First Aid Certification program and is designed to train animal groomers, salon staff and owners how to manage medical emergencies that can happen in the grooming environment. There are a number of injuries that can occur in a grooming salon such as heatstroke, lacerations from shears/clippers, stress anxiety and more. It provides the participant an overview of what to do in an emergency situation at the salon prior to obtaining veterinary care.	Jan. 15, 2024 - Jan. 15, 2025	Online / Remote Learning	Amy D'Andrea MEd, RVT, CVT, VTS(EVN)	3.00
2018 APDT Conference Recording	Be a Better Trainer. Build a Better Business. Come, sit, stay, and learn. The 2018 APDT Conference will offer a variety of opportunities to improve ourselves as trainers, as business people, and as an industry. From amazing keynote speakers to CE classes to ample opportunities to network and participate in peer-to-peer sharing, the 2019 APDT Conference a dynamic event for serious dog-trainers who want to stay at the top of their game.	Jan. 1, 2020 - Dec. 31, 2024	Online / Remote Learning	Jean Donaldson, Mikkel Becker, Lisa Blanchard, Bill dotson, Shannon Coyners, Irith Bloom, Veronica Boutelle, Ian Dunbar	25.00
Training Animals for Better Welfare in a Zoo	The Houston Zoo trains many different species for a variety of reasons, from performing daily husbandry and medical procedures to enriching their lives and providing exercise. They are committed to enhancing the welfare of the animals in their care and training is a key component to reaching their goal.	Jan. 1, 2020 - Dec. 31, 2024	Online / Remote Learning	Daryl Hoffman, Curator Large Mammals Houston Zoo	2.00
Conducting Virtual Behavior Consultations	Overview: As animal behavior consultants, we know all too well how hard it is to keep a client seeing a behavior problem treatment though to its successful end. Life gets in the way, schedules are filled, money runs out, patience is lost, and so on and so on. Often, the owners who need us most are those who can afford us least or those who are not near us. Add to that the fact that, like a significant other… or great shoes…a good behavior consultant is hard to find. Are you a behavior consultant who has successfully resolved a variety of behavior cases and are you looking to expand your bus...	Jan. 1, 2020 - Dec. 31, 2024	Online / Remote Learning	Katenna Jones, ACAAB, CCBC, CDBC, CPDT-KA, ScM	3.00
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