Lesson 3 introduces the educational pathways available within Lewis & Clark Therapy/Service Dogs and explains how to think about which direction may fit your situation today.
New Lewis & Clark Pathway: ESA-to-Psychiatric Service Dog Readiness Review
Many people begin by asking whether they need an emotional support animal. But sometimes a more structured, task-trained educational direction is a better fit. Lewis & Clark Therapy/Service Dogs is developing an internal readiness pathway for students who originally believed they needed an emotional support animal but may need to explore whether a task-trained psychiatric service dog or medical-alert readiness pathway is a more appropriate educational direction.
This is not a medical, legal, diagnosis, eligibility, certification, or public-access determination. It is an internal Lewis & Clark educational readiness pathway that helps students and instructors think carefully about next-step coursework, structured foundation training, and longer-term direction.
What this lesson covers
- Overview of internal Lewis & Clark educational pathways.
- How the ESA-to-PSD Readiness Review is used inside this course.
- Language and framing — what this pathway is and what it is not.
- How to use the Readiness Scorecard to support reflection.
Your action steps
- Read the Lesson 3 pages in your Course Workbook.
- Add Readiness Journal reflections about your current educational direction.
- Continue to Lesson 4.