Animal Welfare Professionals

Behavior Modification for Fearful Cats Booklet V1 Guide by Bailey Eagan, Dr Karen van Haaften & Dr Alexandra Protopopova.
Cat Illustrations by Luck Dannan.

Shared in reply on discussion thread titled, "I need a step by step guide or checklist for kitten socialization"

"We provide this training to our foster homes, we assess the kittens before they go out to foster, and coach the fosters accordingly.  There is also this handy little step-by-step (PDF attached). It isn't all inclusive and you sometimes need to adjust it a bit depending on the cats - and again, it says "Fearful" cats, but this applies to any cats/kittens who are coming into your home that are shy, fearful, undersocialized. And it's a good guide for ANY cats coming into a new environment who has been in the stressful shelter system. I even tell my foster homes: let them settle in for the first couple of days if needed before you start handling them. Don't rush the process and undermine the trust building. Everything should be 100% positive and low stress."