Related Services

Students with disabilities have a right to related services to help them learn and receive the maximum benefit from their educational programs. Related services, according to IDEIA, consist of “transportation and such developmental, corrective and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education.” These services are to be determined on an individualized basis, not by the disability or category of the disability.

If a child needs any of these “related services’’ to benefit from their education, the services must be written into their IEP. Frequency and duration of services, as well as relevant objectives, should be included. Related services as defined by IDEIA may include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Audiology
  • Counseling services
  • Early identification and assessment of disabilities in children
  • Medical services (for diagnostic or evaluation purposes only)
  • Occupational therapy
  • Parent counseling and training
  • Physical therapy
  • Psychological services
  • Recreation
  • Rehabilitation counseling
  • School health services
  • Social work services
  • Speech pathology
  • Transportation