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		<title>Proposed Mission Statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Service Dog Schools is a coalition of Service Dog trainers, handlers and organizations from across the world supporting the Service Dog Code, an  open-standards framework that fosters collaboration within the community by outlining minimum standards for training, behavior and etiquette.]]></description>
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		<title>113 Service Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Service Standards Be personally prepared to represent your organization with a professional look and an understanding attitude. Provide a warm and gracious greeting to everyone we come into contact with, thus creating a family environment at the organization. Seek to anticipate and understand client, family member, and staff needs and then provide appropriate service. Take a vigorous approach to improving the experience and resolving issues in a way that demonstrates a commitment to clients. Individualize the organizations experience by providing the highest quality service. Understand the specific wants and needs of each client, family member and staff. Create a lasting impact that will leave everyone we come into contact with the knowledge that the organizaton is about helping the disabled and educating the community.]]></description>
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		<title>112 Trainer/Staff policies for organizations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trainer/Staff policies for organizations Operate an economically successful organization so that a consistent level of steady work is available. Select people based on skill, training, ability, attitude and character without discrimination with regard to: age,  ancestry, sex, color, race, creed, national origin, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief or activity, sexual orientation, status as a parent, status as a veteran, or disability – that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions. Reward staff according to their effort and contribution to the success of our operation when practical. Review wages, staff benefits and working conditions constantly with the objective of providing competitive benefits in these areas, consistent with sound business practices. Provide paid vacations, holidays and sick days to all eligible paid staff. Provide eligible staff with medical, life insurance, retirement savings and other benefits. Dedicate ourselves to Continuous Quality Improvement. Develop competent people who understand and meet our objectives and who accept with open minds the ideas, suggestions and constructive criticisms of fellow staff. Assure staff, after talking with their Department Director, an opportunity to discuss any problem with officers of the organization. Make prompt and fair adjustment of any complaints which may arise in the everyday conduct of our business, to the extent that is practicable. Respect individual rights and treat all staff with courtesy and consideration. Maintain mutual respect in our working relationship. Provide buildings and offices that are attractive, comfortable, orderly and safe. Promote staff on the based of their ability and merit. Make promotions or fill vacancies from within the organization whenever possible. Keep all staff informed of the progress of the organziation, as well as the company’s overall aims and objectives.]]></description>
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		<title>118 Certification</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certification Federal law currently does not require that trainers or their dogs be certified, however with increasing behaviour problems form both valid and pet dogs it may be one day demanded. This code was designed to be a level standard to ensure propery behaviour and skills of Service Dogs trainers/Organization, handlers, service dogs and Owner-Trainers. As no standard or code can foresee every posible circumstance its is up to the most qualified trainer in each organization to interpet what is needed to remain in the spirit of the code, while upholding public safety and the rights of the disabled . Trainers are expected to have some form of formal education in dog behaviour, an alternative to formal behaviour education is at least 3 years of experience through trainer apprenticeships, or 5,000 hours of training work in the dog field (i.e. agility, show). All “service dog trainers to be” should apprentice under a more experienced trainer for at least 2 years and when qualified is granted the title of Certified Service Dog Trainer. Service dogs are expected to complete their training and attain passing grades, all graduates from programs and trainers are considered Certified Service Dogs, otherwise they would not have been assigned to be used by a disabled handler. Dogs that don’t make the cut are job changed or retired. The main distinction is between  “Service Dogs in training” (SDiT) and  fully trained graduates (SD). The ADA does not apply to service dogs in training, even if being trained by a disabled handler. ============== I expect this to be debated. An alternative is to simply not use the  term  certifed, accredited or registered  and stick to a more basic model of,  complies with SDS standards.]]></description>
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		<title>115 Identification of Trainers and Service Dogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identification of Trainers and Service Dogs All trainers and dogs should have identification. Trainer ID’s should have their photo, their connection to a training school (or their private business) and what they are qualified to train. Service dogs should have a photo, and name and address of the handler along with contact information of the organization/trainer responsible for the dog.]]></description>
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		<title>160 Proper Restaurant Etiquette</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approaching the building Service animals shall be kept at the handler&#8217;s side and should be relieved prior to entering. &#160; While in the restaurant When waiting to be served the dog should be under control and sitting at the handler &#8216;s side and not drawing attention to itself. The dog should rest in a laying down position while under the table. A booth to accommodate the dining party is preferable to a table in the middle of the restaurant. Eating off a plate or from the table is strictly forbidden, due to health codes. Neither food nor water should be provided to the dog while inside the building. Exceptions to this (i.e. water bowl) may be done in an outdoor setting if allowed by the restaurant. Remember that the health codes still apply to the restaurant, the ADA just makes an exception to allow the dog in the building to assist you; every effort should be made to ensure compliance with hygiene and public safety laws. &#160; The service dog should remain settled under the table, calm and unobtrusive.]]></description>
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		<title>279-Stage 3 Test &#8211; ADA Task Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[200 Training Stages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This test is very personal to the disabled handler, and should essentially be a long list of items that they check if they need it. The test itself is simple,  observe the dog doing the task, repeatily as required. Some items can not be tested, in those instances the handler must validate that it does the item. One plus of this test is that it&#8217;s the handlers quality control. This test is created by the handler, and used by the handler to ensure that the dog does everything they need it to do. It&#8217;s what grades the trainer on their ability to train the items and to match the expectations of the handler.]]></description>
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		<title>260-Stage 3 &#8211; ADA Task Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[200 Training Stages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the other two stages are crictical to weed out bad dogs, this stage is actually the most important as it&#8217;s what directly assists the disabled and is the entire point of having a service dog.]]></description>
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		<title>259- Stage 2 test &#8211; Public Access</title>
		<link>http://SDSchools.org/index.php/259-stage-2-test-public-access/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PAT as everyone calls it. Several items, including real-world are used, and a percentage value is used. Because this test is designed to be flexible, it will have items that can&#8217;t be tested depending on the location of the handler. In that event, those items are skipped and the score is adjusted. Example.  Say every item totaled  500 points, and the passing grade is 83%.  If 100 points of that could not be tested, the handler would have to get 83% of the 400 that were tested.  There will need to be a minium set of points say 30% of the full test has to be done. And a list of required items that can not be skipped. This it to enable a person to adjust the test if items are not available, but should not be abused to skip an item known to be a problem for the dog. i.e. elevators, beach, airport.   Industry wise this will be the hardest, most comprehensive PAT.]]></description>
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		<title>240-Minimum standards to pass Public-Access (Stage 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Describes what steps are taken to train a dog for public access]]></description>
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