Disaster Services

• Disaster Animal Response Training (DART)
• Emergency Animal Sheltering (EAS)

Interested in hosting a Disaster Services workshop? For DART or EAS courses, download the Information Packet and Application now. We are currently booked through December 2008; please contact us SOON with your application to reserve your dates! Contact Melanie Froemke for more information about Disaster Services workshops. 

For All Other Workshops:

We are now accepting requests for 2009.

Download the general hosting guidelines, training request form, and the specific hosting information packet for the training you are interested in below.  We are currently booked through September 2008.  Please contact us soon with a training request form to reserve your spot.

For questions, please contact the Training Manager at hsu@humanesociety.org or 301-548-7713.

Hosting Information Packets by Course

Animal Cruelty for Non-Investigators

Animal Sheltering Operations

• Level 1: Boot Camp
• Level 2: Managing People (Coming Soon)
• Level 3: Leading your Agency (Coming Soon)

Coping with Compassion Fatigue

• in the Animal Welfare and Protection Field
• for Veterinarians and their Staff
• for Social Workers

Dealing with Difficult People

 Feral Cat Management

• Communities & Colonies (Communitywide TNR)
• Caretaker Workshop
• TNR, Feral Cats, and Wildlife (Coming Soon)

First Strike: The Connection between Human and Animal Abuse

• The Unseen Path: Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty
• Protecting People and Pets