History
ICAN was founded in this year.
What is 2002?
Facility dogs may be placed in these common three institutional settings.
What are schools, courtrooms, medical facilities? (other answers include nursing homes, adult day programs.)
This term describes a dog trained to perform tasks to mitigate a person’s disability.
What is a service dog?
Volunteers who open their homes for 4-8 weeks to our newest recruits.
Who are Litter Hosts?
This staff member founded ICAN at IU in 2017?
Who is Julie Mathias?
ICAN is the only organization in Indiana with this distinction.
What is Assistance Dogs International (ADI) accreditation?
A facility dog only has this when on the job.
What is Public Access?
ICAN clients with a Mobiltiy Assist dog or a Psychiatic Service Dog must do this each year.
What is pass a Public Access Test.
The age at which a puppy enters formal training.
What is 16 weeks? (appx)
The name of the first correctional facility that ICAN entered
What is Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility?
This term refers to a dog that provides comfort in settings like schools or hospitals, but is not trained for tasks.
What are therapy dogs?
A dog prescribed to provide emotional stability but not trained for tasks is called this.
What is an emotional support animal (ESA)?
When a puppy is exposed to a new stimulus, the raiser is looking for this type of response?
What is a neutral reaction?
One historical expansion happened in April 2022 when ICAN merged with this program to enhance their veteran service.
What is Our Turn to Serve?
The process in which a Facility client learns from the Incarcerated Individual how to work with their dog.
What is Team Training?
The training concept aiming to use the least stressful method possible is called this.
What is LIMA (Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive)?
ICAN belongs to this breeding cooperative to maintain genetic diversity across accredited organizations.
What is the ABC Breeding Cooperative?
In 2004, this was the first dog ICAN ever placed, who performed service work for a client with this disability.
Who was Amali, a mobility dog for Connor Wantz who suffered from paralysis?
In a courtroom, a facility dog may be used to do this when a witness becomes upset during testimony.
What is apply deep pressure or interrupt distress (nudge, redirect)?
This is a term that refers to using animals in educational or medical settings to help clients reach their goals.
What is Animal Assisted Intervention?
The gestation period of a dog.
What is 63 days?