Production and Delivery of Animal-Assisted Services (AAS)

HRSO Inc.
Organisme d'élaboration de normes:
Human Research Standards Organization (HRSO)
Numéro de référence:
CAN/HRSO-500.02-2021
Catégorie de norme:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Type d’activité d’élaboration de normes:
New Standard
Code ICS:
03.080.30 11.180.99
Statut:
Development Cancelled
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The proposed National Standard of Canada (NSC) applies to all types of Animal-Assisted Services (AAS), including therapies, activities, assistance, crisis response, and interventions accessed by persons with visible and invisible disabilities, life-altering injuries, and other daily challenges.

This NSC applies to all Canadians, including end-users, consumers, regulators, sponsors/donors, third-party conformity assessment bodies, AAS practitioners, service providers, volunteers, advocates, researchers, educational, healthcare, social services, justice, public safety, and correctional services workers, within the private, public, and voluntary sectors.

This NSC outlines requirements for the production and delivery of AAS by practitioners and service providers, including the required qualifications, skills, and training.

Raison d’être du projet

The Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Support Services (CFAS) has expressed the need for CAN/HRSO-500.02-2021 in order to promote and facilitate service excellence across Canada.   Animal-Assisted Services (AAS) are mutually beneficial relationships that nurture One Health for People, Pets, and PartnersTM. Health in this context includes the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of people of all ages and the welfare of pets in service and other animals in service (Source: The Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Support Services (CFAS)). AAS is a growing, multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary sector comprised of complementary industries. Because AAS is unregulated at both the provincial and federal levels, practitioners' and service providers' credibility is questionable, resulting in increased risks to end-users, consumers and their families, and the animals involved in service delivery. Additionally, the lexicon related to AAS is inconsistent and confusing, compromising quality, credibility, and measuring the impact of outcomes. Systemic inconsistencies and gaps also complicate accessing AAS in Canada. An NSC for the production and delivery of AAS will: • ensure a consistent level of safety and well-being of consumers/end-users, and safeguard the welfare of animals in service • ensure the uniform delivery of essential AAS services • produce a skilled AAS work force in Canada • ascertain benchmarks for expected outcomes • track trends, and collect industry and sector statistics to demonstrate value and manage risk, and • promote a voluntary, third-party, AAS conformity assessment program to cultivate a credibility chain.

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