CEN/TC 452/WG 5 - Client Services
This document provides expectations for assistance dog service providers and assistance dog handlers to protect the interests of all stakeholders.
Client Services
This document provides expectations for assistance dog service providers and assistance dog handlers to protect the interests of all stakeholders.
General Information
This document provides expectations for assistance dog service providers and assistance dog handlers to protect the interests of all stakeholders. It focuses on the creation of successful assistance dog teams by ensuring transparent and fair eligibility for service, matching applicant beneficiaries with available dogs, thoroughly training the teams to become a partnership and sustaining the team by offering lifetime aftercare support as required.
The purpose of this document is to help create competent and well-functioning teams, maintaining team quality over the years provided that transparency and responsibilities of all stakeholders to one another are met.
Related elements include the following:
— application;
— applicant - dog matching;
— team instruction;
— assessing competency of assistance dog teams;
— aftercare;
— taking a dog out of service (including retirement);
— complaints, appeals and disputes;
— general rights.
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CEN/TC 452/WG 5 is a Working Group within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Client Services" and is responsible for: This document provides expectations for assistance dog service providers and assistance dog handlers to protect the interests of all stakeholders. This committee has published 1 standards.
CEN/TC 452/WG 5 develops CEN standards in the area of Information technology. The scope of work includes: This document provides expectations for assistance dog service providers and assistance dog handlers to protect the interests of all stakeholders. Currently, there are 1 published standards from this working group.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.
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