Paws and Breathe!
Co-founder and leading service dog trainer Lu Picard from ECAD (Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities), and professor and medical health care expert Joanne Singleton, PhD, from Pace University stop in talk about their groundbreaking new programs, Paws and Breathe and Canines Assisting in Health. Lu and Joanne give Marcie and Lovey the inside scoop on how these programs were created, how they are impacting stress relief for dogs and their handlers, and how they are changing the way medical professionals interact with people with disabilities and their service dogs. Lu also shares some of the exciting work ECAD dogs are doing throughout the country. Listen in to find out how you and your dog can sign up for one of their free online Paws and Breathe classes
BIO:
LU PICARD
Prior to founding ECAD, Lu helped several businesses in their startup efforts and gained experience in business and administration. Though a native of Connecticut, Lu has also lived in Arizona and traveled the country extensively. When Lu’s widowed father suffered a debilitating stroke in 1992 and came to live with them, she quickly recognized that he was becoming more depressed and angry, as he had to rely on someone else for his every move. Lu has a gift of being able to assess the possibilities, the potential of a situation. So, she looked at her Dad, and she looked at the family dog, Jules (short for Juliet.) The leash was in her hand. She pulled, Jules pulled, natural to both woman and dog. Within a short time, Lu had educated Jules to respond to her Dad’s tug by pulling him up to his feet. Then they would walk together. Or maybe Jules would retrieve a favorite magazine or just lie nearby, inseparable from Lu’s dad. To complete the picture that was forming in Lu’s mind, she found that her daughter, who had a learning disability, had no trouble in training Jules to do more and more things that would help her grandfather. In fact, the process was therapeutic and a great confidence builder. The stroke suffered by her father and the frustration her youngest daughter was feeling, drove Lu to find solutions. And, ECAD was born out of that drive, passion and need. Lu and her husband, Dale worked tirelessly researching, networking, following lead after lead to build ECAD into the organization it is now. Lu sees every placement as a remarkable success for the Client, the student-educator and the organization.
JOANNE SINGLETON
EDUCATION
Post Masters , Adelphi University , 1994
Family Nurse Practitioner
PhD , Adelphi University , 1993
Nursing Research
BS , Regents College The University of the State of New York , 1989
MA , The New School for Social Research , Management , 1986
BA , Marymount Manhattan College , 1982
Psychology
Diploma , St. Clare's Hospital of Nursing , 1973
Nursing
AWARDS AND HONORS
Pace University, May 2016 - Kenan Award for Teaching Excellence
Nursing.com, 2012 - Advancing and Leading the Profession, Nursing.com, Regional Award Winner
Nursing.com, 2012 - Advancing and Leading the Profession, Nursing.com, Regional Finalist
2011 - New York Academy of Medicine, Fellow 2011 - Pace University, Lienhard School of Nursing, Dean's Outstanding Scholarship/ Research Award
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, 2010 - National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Educator Award Nominee
2010 - Pace University, Lienhard School of Nursing, 1st Dean's Outstanding Teaching Award
Pace University, 2006 - Outstanding Teacher Award Nominee
2001 - National Academies of Practice Fellow 2000 - Outstanding Service Award
Pace University, 2000 - Outstanding Teacher Award Nominee
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, 1999 - Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Educator Award Nominee
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, 1998 - Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Educator Award Nominee
SUNY-HSCB, College of Nursing, 1994 - Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence
State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence SUNY-HSCB, College of Nursing, December 1991 - Nominee
Kellogg Leadership Fellowship SUNY-HSCB , 1991 - Nominee Finalist
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Alpha Omega Chapter, Adelphi University , May 1991 - Induction
LICENSURES & CERTIFICATES
American Nurses Credentialing Center, - Board Certified Clinical Nurse Leader
American Nurses Credentialing Center, - Board Certification, Family Practice
New York State, - Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
- Drug Enforcement Administration
New York State, - Register Nurse