Related Services for Children and Youth Under IDEA 2004
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Middle Years (5-9), Preteen Years (9-13), Teen Years (13-19), Knowing Your Education Rights, Special Education Laws and Legislation
- Transportation.
- Speech-language pathology.
- Audiology services.
- Interpreting services.
- Psychological services.
- Physical therapy.
- Occupational therapy.
- Recreation, including therapeutic recreation.
- Social work services.
- School nurse services designed to enable a child with a disabilities to receive a free appropriate public education as described in the individualized education program of the child.
- Counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling.
- Orientation and mobility services.
- Medical services (except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only), as may be required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, and including the early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children.
- Exception: Related services do not include a medical device that is surgically implanted, or the replacement of such device.
Source: 20 USC Sec. 602 (26)
Excerpt from Assessment of Children & Youth with Special Needs, by L.G. Cohen & L.J. Spenciner, 2007 edition, p. 364.
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