Advanced Course Schedule

Burials Course Daily Schedule

Day 1
0830: Check-in
0900: Introductions (Paul) and Solidifying the Final Response and Reward Systems (Craig)
10:00 – 11:00: Human Decomposition
11:00 – 12:30: Field Exercises
1230 – 1330: Lunch
1400 – 1700: Break-Out Session 1 (Each breakout area will have a station focusing on trained final responses

• Group 1: FOREST (Includes classroom session on human decomposition for the canine handler
• Group 2: Buildings and Vehicles

1730 – 1830: Dinner
1830 – 2100: Introduction to Forensic Anthropology and the FOREST (Cheryl and Holly)

Day 2
0830 – 1200: Break-out Session 2

• Group 2: FOREST (Includes classroom session on human decomposition for the canine handler)
• Group 1: Buildings and Vehicles

1200 – 1330: Lunch
1330 – 1700: Break-out Session 3

• All Participants Field

Day 3
0830 – 1230: NEW GROUPS

• Group 1: FOREST
• Group 2: Large Source Area Search

1230 – 1330: Lunch will include Documentation, a User’s guide to Cadaver Dogs, and Presentation of Certificates
1330 – 1730: Switch Areas

• Group 1: Large Source Area Search
• Group 2: FOREST