Related Services What do they do?

Audiology They help students with hearing loss or

auditory processing disorders. They help
issue auditory devices as well as train and
guide parents and teachers.

Counseling Services Works with the students to counsel their

issues interfering with school. They help
parents and teachers with issues related to
their behavior or education. They also help
students with their mental health and
transitioning to work or college.

Early identification and assessment of Students who are identified as having a

disabilities in children disability at an early age receive services in
this category. They have shown signs of
developmental delay but have no specific
disability.

Interpreting services Provide interpretation for students who need

assistance in sign language, cued language,
CART, or oral language.

Medical services Used for diagnostic or evaluations only. Is

only used to determine a child's disability and
the need for special education and related
services.

Occupational Therapy focuses on cognitive, sensory, motor,

perceptual, and social-emotional problems.
They work on helping children complete
school-related tasks and activities.

Orientation and Mobility services Provides assistance to students who are blind
or have low vision. They help students with
orientation and how to move around the
school.

Parent counseling and training
Catered towards parents. They help the
parents understand their child’s disability and
provide parents with information on how to
assist their children and help them be
successful.

Physical therapy Focuses on helping children with disabilities

improve their functional skills. They help with
gross motor skills and mobility.
Psychological services Focus on providing support in academics,
behavior, and emotional issues related to
disability.

Recreation including therapeutic recreation Help children learn how to use their leisure
time. Teach students how to benefit from their
education and improve their quality of life.

Rehabilitation counseling Focuses on career development and

preparing students to be independent. Helps
with career, employment, independence, and
post-secondary school.

School health services and school nurse Services provided by a qualified school nurse
services or another qualified person. Services include
medication administration and emergency
plans.

Social work services in School support students with disabilities whose

academic, behavioral, or social-emotional
issues interfere with their education.

Speech-language pathology services help students with their communication skills.

This means they show students how to form
sentences, or how to relay their thoughts and
ideas so others can understand

Transportation Involves moving around a student with

disabilities. Helps them get to and from
school as well as travel in case of field trips or
other necessities.
Type of Services/ Providing related services
Consultative/ collaborative services
Classroom-based services
Pull-out services
Common roles of professional
Assessing and referring
Working with students
Working with parents and other professionals
Most common related
services
Speech Language
Pathologists
Definition
General education and related services
providers work together to meet the needs of
the student with a disability. The student
remains in the general education classroom.
All services are brought to the student in the
classroom setting. The service provider may
work individually with the target student or
with a small group that includes him or her.
A student is taken out of the classroom to a
different location (e.g., gym, library, hallway)
to receive the related service.
Examples
a.) Testing and evaluating a child’s grade
level
b.) checking to see how well a student
understands directions and the lessons.
a.) Providing the child with accommodations
such as notes, pictures, and electronic aids.
b.) Teaching the child how to ask for help or
use certain abilities to do their work.
a.) Teaching parents how they should instruct
their child on how to tie their shoe or how to
read a book.
b.) Teaching teachers how they should
handle certain behaviors in class.
What are the services? Examples
They help students with their Teaching a student to put
communication skills. This words together in a sentence.
means they show students
how to form sentences, or
how to relay their thoughts
and ideas so others can
understand.
Physical Therapy Focuses on helping children
with disabilities improve their
functional skills. They help
with gross motor skills and
mobility.
A student may learn how to
walk with the assistance of a
walker.

Psychological services Focus on providing support in May provide assistance to a

academics, behavior, and child who is being bullied or is
emotional issues related to bullying.
disability.

Social work services support students with
disabilities whose academic,
behavioral, or social-
emotional issues interfere
with their education.
May help students transition
from home to school or
school to home.

Occupational Therapy focuses on cognitive, Learning how to use scissors

sensory, motor, perceptual, and cut paper.
and social-emotional
problems. They work on
helping children complete
school-related tasks and
activities.

Other related services. A service that may be offered A student may use an
due to a specific disability. interpreter to sign if they are
This may vary from person to deaf of hard of hearing.
person.