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Related Services in Related Services in

Special EducationSpecial Education

National Association of National Association of Special Education TeachersSpecial Education Teachers

Related ServicesRelated Services Put simply, related services are any Put simply, related services are any

services that are necessary to help a services that are necessary to help a student benefit from his special student benefit from his special education program. To benefit from education program. To benefit from special education has generally been special education has generally been interpreted to mean making interpreted to mean making meaningful progress toward meeting meaningful progress toward meeting IEP goals and objectives. IEP goals and objectives.

Related ServicesRelated Services

Who is eligible for related Who is eligible for related services?services?

Under IDEA '97, a student must need Under IDEA '97, a student must need special education to be considered special education to be considered eligible for related services eligible for related services

A child must have a full and A child must have a full and individual evaluation to determine: individual evaluation to determine:

Related ServicesRelated Services if he or she has a disability as if he or she has a disability as

defined under IDEA 2004, and defined under IDEA 2004, and if, because of that disability, he or if, because of that disability, he or

she needs special education and she needs special education and related services. related services.

Related ServicesRelated Services Art therapy, Dance/movement Art therapy, Dance/movement

therapy and Music therapytherapy and Music therapy provide services in which music, provide services in which music,

movement, or art is used in a movement, or art is used in a therapeutic process to further the therapeutic process to further the child's emotional, physical, cognitive, child's emotional, physical, cognitive, and/or academic development or and/or academic development or integration into the mainstream integration into the mainstream

Related ServicesRelated Services Psychological servicesPsychological services focus on the focus on the

needs, interests, and issues related to needs, interests, and issues related to various stages of student growth. various stages of student growth.

School psychologists may help students School psychologists may help students with personal and social concerns such as with personal and social concerns such as developing self-knowledge, making developing self-knowledge, making effective decisions, learning health effective decisions, learning health choices, and improving responsibility. choices, and improving responsibility.

Related services in this area may also Related services in this area may also include individual and group in-school include individual and group in-school counselingcounseling

Related ServicesRelated Services Occupational therapyOccupational therapy (OT) (OT)

services can enhance a student's services can enhance a student's ability to function in an educational ability to function in an educational program. These services are program. These services are "provided by a qualified occupational "provided by a qualified occupational therapist"therapist"


Occupational therapy services in schools may Occupational therapy services in schools may include such services as:include such services as:

self-help skills or adaptive living (e.g., self-help skills or adaptive living (e.g., eating, dressing); eating, dressing);

functional mobility (e.g., moving safely functional mobility (e.g., moving safely through school); through school);

positioning (e.g., sitting appropriately in positioning (e.g., sitting appropriately in class); class);

sensory-motor processing (e.g., using the sensory-motor processing (e.g., using the senses and muscles); senses and muscles);

Related ServicesRelated Services fine motor (e.g., writing, cutting) and fine motor (e.g., writing, cutting) and

gross motor performance (e.g., gross motor performance (e.g., walking, athletic skills); walking, athletic skills);

life skills training/vocational skills; life skills training/vocational skills; and and

social skills trainingsocial skills training


Orientation and Mobility ServicesOrientation and Mobility Services OrientationOrientation involves knowing where involves knowing where

you are, where you are going, and you are, where you are going, and how to get to a destination by how to get to a destination by interpretinginterpreting

information in the environmentinformation in the environment mobilitymobility involves moving safely involves moving safely

through the environment. through the environment.


O&M servicesO&M services are defined as are defined as "services provided to blind or "services provided to blind or visually impaired students by visually impaired students by qualified personnel to enable qualified personnel to enable those students safe those students safe movement within their movement within their environments in school, environments in school, home, and community"home, and community"


Parent Counseling and TrainingParent Counseling and Training Parent counseling and trainingParent counseling and training is an is an

important related service that can important related service that can help parents enhance the vital role help parents enhance the vital role they play in the lives of their they play in the lives of their children. children.


Assisting parents in understanding the Assisting parents in understanding the special needs of their childspecial needs of their child

Providing parents with information Providing parents with information about child development; and about child development; and

Helping parents to acquire the Helping parents to acquire the necessary skills that will allow them to necessary skills that will allow them to support the implementation of their support the implementation of their child's IEP or IFSP" [Individualized child's IEP or IFSP" [Individualized Family Service Plan Family Service Plan


Physical therapyPhysical therapy means means "services provided by a "services provided by a qualified physical therapist qualified physical therapist that address a child's that address a child's posture, muscle strength, posture, muscle strength, mobility, and organization of mobility, and organization of movement in educational movement in educational environments. environments.


Recreation servicesRecreation services generally are intended generally are intended to help students with to help students with disabilities learn how to disabilities learn how to use their leisure and use their leisure and recreation time recreation time constructively. constructively.


Rehabilitation counseling services Rehabilitation counseling services are "services provided by qualified are "services provided by qualified personnel in individual or group personnel in individual or group sessions that focus specifically on:sessions that focus specifically on:

career developmentcareer development employment preparationemployment preparation achieving independence, and achieving independence, and integration in the workplace and integration in the workplace and

communitycommunity


School health servicesSchool health services under the under the IDEA 2004 final regulations IDEA 2004 final regulations means "services provided by a means "services provided by a qualified school nurse or other qualified school nurse or other qualified person. qualified person.


Possible school health services include:Possible school health services include: special feedings;special feedings; clean intermittent catheterization;clean intermittent catheterization; suctioning;suctioning; the management of a tracheostomy;the management of a tracheostomy; administering and/or dispensing administering and/or dispensing

medications;medications;


planning for the safety of a student planning for the safety of a student in school;in school;

ensuring that care is given while at ensuring that care is given while at school and at school functions to school and at school functions to prevent injury (e.g., changing a prevent injury (e.g., changing a student's position frequently to student's position frequently to prevent pressure sores);prevent pressure sores);

chronic disease management chronic disease management


Recreational activities generally may fall into Recreational activities generally may fall into one or more of the following classifications: one or more of the following classifications:

(1) physical, cultural, or social; (1) physical, cultural, or social; (2) indoor or outdoor; (2) indoor or outdoor; (3) spectator or participant; (3) spectator or participant; (4) formal or informal; (4) formal or informal; (5) independent, cooperative, or (5) independent, cooperative, or

competitive; or competitive; or (6) sports, games, hobbies, or toy play (6) sports, games, hobbies, or toy play


Speech-language pathology Speech-language pathology servicesservices are provided by speech- are provided by speech-language professionals and speech-language professionals and speech-language assistants and these language assistants and these services include:services include:

"identification of children with speech "identification of children with speech or language impairments; or language impairments;

diagnosis and appraisal of specific diagnosis and appraisal of specific speech or language impairments; speech or language impairments;


referral for medical or other referral for medical or other professional attention professional attention

provision of speech and language provision of speech and language services for the prevention of or services for the prevention of or improve the communicative improve the communicative impairmentsimpairments


TransportationTransportation as a related service is as a related service is included in an eligible student's IEP if included in an eligible student's IEP if the IEP team determines that such a the IEP team determines that such a service is needed. Transportation service is needed. Transportation includes:includes:


travel to and from school and travel to and from school and between schools; between schools;

travel in and around school buildings; travel in and around school buildings; and and

specialized equipment (such as specialized equipment (such as special or adapted buses, lifts, and special or adapted buses, lifts, and ramps), if required to provide special ramps), if required to provide special transportation for a child with a transportation for a child with a disability disability


Assistive technology (AT) refers to Assistive technology (AT) refers to various types of devices and services various types of devices and services designed to help students with designed to help students with disabilities function within their disabilities function within their environments. environments.

Many areas are covered under the Many areas are covered under the umbrella of assistive technology, umbrella of assistive technology, including:including:


ComputersComputers adaptive toys and gamesadaptive toys and games devices to improve positioning and devices to improve positioning and

mobilitymobility devices designed to help individuals devices designed to help individuals

with disabilities communicate (called with disabilities communicate (called augmentative communication devices)augmentative communication devices)

electronic aids to daily living electronic aids to daily living

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