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You’re evaluation is being reviewed by Jay Charboneau MS, LMHC, CAP and you are eligible for the following options. You can also call him directly at (727) 344-9930 to complete the process. After the therapist reviews the assessment, he will reach out if more information is necessary to provide the best services possible.
ESA Housing Letter
(that’s 20% off our normal price of $159)
** Discount for 2 pets offered on next page.
PSD Letter + ESA Letter
Best Value – Training Not Included
PSD Travel Letter
(that’s 20% off our normal price of $159)
Your letter will be certified by a mental health specialist in Florida.
After the therapist reviews the assessment, he will reach out if more information is necessary to provide the best services possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. These tasks can include things like pulling a wheelchair, guiding a person who is visually impaired, alerting a person who is having a seizure, or even calming a person who suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The tasks a service dog can perform are not limited to this list. However, the work or task a service dog does must be directly related to the person’s disability. Service dogs may accompany persons with disabilities into places that the public normally goes.
An emotional support animal is an animal (typically a dog or cat though this can include other species) that provides a therapeutic benefit to its owner through companionship. The animal provides emotional support and comfort to individuals with psychiatric disabilities and other mental impairments. The animal is not specifically trained to perform tasks for a person who suffers from emotional disabilities. Unlike a service animal, an emotional support animal is not granted access to places of public accommodation. Under the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA), an emotional support animal is viewed as a “reasonable accommodation” in a housing unit that has a “no pets” rule for its residents.
If a person needs an emotional support animal to help alleviate the symptoms of a disability, he or she must first make the request to his or her landlord. HUD states the following in its FHEO Notice: “Housing providers may ask individuals who have disabilities that are not readily apparent or known to the provider to submit reliable documentation of a disability and their disability-related need for an assistance animal.” Your ESA letter will provide all the necessary documentation. According to HUD, a physician, psychiatrist, social worker, or other mental health professional can provide documentation that the animal provides emotional support that alleviates one or more of the identified symptoms or effects of an existing disability.
While a landlord or housing provider may ask for documentation of the disability-related need for the assistance animal, he or she may NOT ask for personal medical details. HUD states that a housing provider “may not ask an applicant or tenant to provide access to medical records or medical providers or provide detailed or extensive information or documentation of a person’s physical or mental impairments.”
What other areas of my housing complex can I take my emotional support animal/assistance animal? HUD indicates that an assistance animal is allowed “in all areas of the premises where persons are normally allowed to go.
- Airlines are permitted to deny transport to a service dog if it:
- Violates safety requirements – e.g., too large or heavy to be accommodated in the cabin;
- Poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others;
- Causes a significant disruption in the cabin or at airport gate areas; or
- Violates health requirements – e.g., prohibited from entering a U.S. territory or foreign country
- Airlines require a U.S. DOT form attesting to the animal’s health, behavior, and training; and a U.S. DOT form attesting that the animal can either not relieve itself or can relieve itself in a sanitary manner, if the animal will be on a flight that is 8 or more hours.
- Airlines are not permitted to require other documentation from service animal users except to comply with requirements on transport of animals by a Federal agency, a U.S. territory, or a foreign jurisdiction.
- Download PDF: U.S. Department of Transportation Service Animal Air Transportation Form
Questions?
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