Career Opportunity
Canine Assistant
ECAD (Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities) has available two part-time Canine Assistant positions of 20 (+/-) hours per week at our facility in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Cleaning – communal pens, crates, bowls, floors, rooms, laundry, etc.
- Maintenance – debris, feces, snow shoveling, etc.
- Grooming – brushing, bathing, brushing teeth, clipping nails, etc.
- Administer – food, vitamins, preventatives, medications, first aid, etc.
- Support – volunteers, events, public education, etc.
- Canine Learning – ECAD’s methods and standards of education of our dogs.
Veterinary technicians encouraged to apply.
Previous canine experience is preferred.
Previous volunteer management is a bonus.
Background and fingerprinting required.
Must be able to pass mandatory drug testing.
Hours: Monday- Friday between 10am and 6pm
Location: Dobbs Ferry, NY
Compensation: $13.50 per hour
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products, or commercial interests.
Therapeutic Findings
ECADemy™ Therapeutic Findings
During the summer of 2011, one of the agencies that contract ECAD’s services conducted an independent survey of their at-risk youth involved in ECAD’s Service Dog Education Program.
Below are the some of the results:
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Because of my participation in the program… |
Agree/Strongly Agree |
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I gained confidence in my ability to perform tasks successfully |
93% |
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I learned how to better cooperate with others |
96.5% |
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My ability to be patient with others has increased |
83% |
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I learned to work in a team atmosphere |
95% |
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I learned to take accountability for my actions |
95% |
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My grades have improved |
85.5% |
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I am less likely to get into fights with others |
75% |
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I think it is important to help others |
96.5% |
Compiled by Chloe Goldstein, CV Volunteer and Adelphi University, Gordon F. Derner, Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Ph.D. Candidate.
The dog who took the witness stand
By The Week Staff | June 30, 2011 Publication The Week
A golden retriever named Rose has gone where no dog in New York has gone before: The courthouse witness stand. Last week, the 11-year-old service pooch took to the stand to comfort a sexual abuse victim during her testimony. Rose is just one of a number of dogs being used for such purposes around the country.
ECAD in the News
Meet Milano, Hyde Park's first four-legged school staff member
Nina Schutzman, Poughkeepsie Journal Published 7:25 a.m. ET July 9, 2018 | Updated 11:22 a.m. ET July 9, 2018
An elementary school in the Hyde Park Central School District will welcome its first four-legged "staff member"
this year.
Milano, a two-year-old golden retriever/Labrador mix, is a certified facility dog through Educated Canines
Assisting with Disabilities (ECAD).
Milano will use his skills to help Violet Avenue Elementary School students struggling with a multitude of issues.
"He's so smart and still has a touch of playful, and so kind and calm," said Deanna Gonzalez, principal of Violet
Avenue. "We're really excited to introduce him to the kids." READ THE FULL ARTICLE
CANINE SERVICE
Story and photographs by Mary Sue Iarocci
For disabled veteran Nicholas Montijil, going out in public used to be a nightmare.
It was hard for the 26-year-old Marine Corps veteran from Milwaukee, whose military service included a combat tour in Afghanistan, to predict what would trigger symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). READ MORE
Two companions share tenacity, affection, a busy life
By Kevin Riordan November 13, 2014 3:01 AM
I'm smitten with Doc. Instantly. Utterly. "It's hard not to love her," says Sydney Kershner, who understands. Doc is a service dog, although calling her that seems a bit like describing Kershner solely as "a paraplegic." Even accurate labels can't do justice to the nuances of individuals, human or canine. READ MORE
By Helping a Girl Testify at a Rape Trial, a Dog Ignites a Legal Debate
By WILLIAM GLABERSON Published: August 8, 2011 Publication: NY Times
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Rosie, the first judicially approved courtroom dog in New York, was in the witness box here nuzzling a 15-year-old girl who was testifying that her father had raped and impregnated her. Rosie sat by the teenager’s feet. At particularly bad moments, she leaned in. READ MORE
Dog in New York Court Takes the Witness Stand
By CHRISTINA NG June 19, 2011 Publishication ABC News via GOOD MORNING AMERICA
It was a tense moment in a Poughkeepsie courtroom when a 15-year-old girl who had been the victim of sexual abuse for four years was asked to point out the man who had violated her. The girl seemed to freeze. Then a furry snout and wet brown nose came up over the stand and nudged her arm. READ MORE
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