They offer free adoptions for active military members and veterans who are in
need of emotional support animals, and rely on donations to keep this program going.
Not exact matches
In order for a customer to travel with an
emotional support animal, the customer must provide to a Southwest Airlines employee current documentation (not more than one year old) on letterhead from a mental health professional or medical doctor who is treating the customer's mental health - related disability stating: The passenger has a mental or
emotional disability recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders — Fourth Edition (DSM IV); the passenger
needs the
emotional support of psychiatric service
animal as an accommodation for air travel and / or for activity at the passenger's destination; the individual providing the assessment is a licensed mental health professional or medical doctor, and the passenger is under his or her professional care AND; the date and type
of mental health professional's or medical doctor's license and the state or other jurisdiction in which it was issued.
On letterhead
of a licensed mental health professional including a medical doctor specifically treating the passenger's mental or
emotional disability (e.g. psychiatrist, psychologist, or licensed clinical social worker) stating the following: You have a mental health related disability recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM IV); you
need the
emotional support or psychiatric service
animal as an accommodation for air travel and / or for activity at your destination; the individual providing the assessment is a licensed mental health professional and the passenger is under his or her professional care; and the date and type
of the mental health professional's license and the state or other jurisdiction in which it was issued.
You must provide a doctor's letter that: states that you have a mental or
emotional disability recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders; shows the
need for
emotional support or psychiatric service
animal for air travel and / or activity at your destination; provides proof
of their licensing as a mental health professional or medical doctor (including date, type and state
of license) and that you're a patient.
Those
needing emotional support animals are also permitted accompaniment
of their
animal under the Department
of Transportation's Air Carrier Access Act.
However, many business owners are accommodating
of those with mental health
needs, and are willing to let
emotional support animals in; others businesses are unaware
of this law, and will let an
emotional support animal in regardless.
A good shelter technician possesses the expertise
needed to
support the physical and
emotional well - being
of the
animals in foster care while at the same time
supporting the
emotional and physical well - being
of their fostering families.
In addition to the current requirement
of a letter prepared and signed by a doctor or licensed mental health professional, those with psychiatric service
animals and
emotional support animals will also
need to provide a signed document confirming that their
animal can behave to prevent untrained, sometimes aggressive household pets from traveling without a kennel in the cabin.
But more than that, it also prepares you for the
emotional impact
of having an
animal with health problems, as well as for the
support you will
need to give the
animal in order to help him on a regular basis.
The tenant must request a waiver
of the «no pets» policy from the landlord, explaining that he or she has a mental disability and
needs the
emotional support animal to lessen the effects
of the disability.
There is no formal registry for
emotional support animals, so you
need to take responsibility for keeping track
of your letter as proof
of your certification status.
Currently, we require documentation that is no more than a year old (prior to the first flight in the itinerary) from a certified mental health professional indicating
need for an
emotional support animal, certification
of the
animal's health including rabies and DPT shot verification, and a signed Confirmation
of Training form.
If a person claims she
needs an
emotional support animal and has a prescription from a licensed mental health professional, the Fair Housing Amendments Act
of 1988 requires the community association to make a «reasonable accommodation» to their policies and allow the
emotional support animal.
However, you are not allowed to request information about the nature
of the disability; the document only
needs to certify the owner's
need for an
emotional support animal.