D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-A3012

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 5-A3012 - RELATED SERVICES

3012.1

The IEP Team shall determine whether a child with a disability requires any related services to benefit from special education.

3012.2

The LEA shall ensure that related services personnel who deliver services in their discipline or profession:

(a) Have qualifications consistent with any District of Columbia approved or recognized credential, certification, licensing, registration, or other comparable requirements that apply to the professional discipline in which those personnel are providing related services; and

(b) Have not had certification or licensure requirements waived on an emergency, temporary, or provisional basis.

3012.3

Audiology as a related service includes:

(a) Identification of children with hearing loss;

(b) Determination of the range, nature, and degree of hearing loss, including referral for medical or other professional attention for the habilitation of hearing;

(c) Provision of habilitative activities, including language habilitation, auditory training, speech reading (lip-reading), hearing evaluation, and speech conservation;

(d) Creation and administration of programs for prevention of hearing loss;

(e) Counseling and guidance of children, parents, and teachers regarding hearing loss; and

(f) Determination of the child's needs for group and individual amplification, selecting and fitting an appropriate aid, and evaluating the effectiveness of amplification.

3012.4

Counseling services as a related service includes services provided by qualified social workers, psychologists, guidance counselors, or other qualified personnel.

3012.5

Early identification and assessment of disabilities in children as a related service includes the implementation of a formal plan for identifying a disability as early as possible in a child's life.

3012.6

Interpreting services as a related service includes:

(a) Oral transliteration services, cued language transliteration services, sign language transliteration and interpreting services, and transcription services, including communication access realtime translation (CART), C-Print, and TypeWell for children who are deaf or hard of hearing; and

(b) Special interpreting services for children who are deaf-blind.

3012.7

Medical services as a related service includes services provided by a licensed physician to determine a child's medically-related disability that results in the child's need for special education and related services.

3012.8

Occupational therapy as a related service is a service provided by a qualified occupational therapist that includes:

(a) Improving, developing, or restoring functions impaired or lost through illness, injury, or deprivation;

(b) Improving ability to perform tasks for independent functioning if functions are impaired or lost; and

(c) Preventing, through early intervention, initial or further impairment or loss of function.

3012.9

Orientation and mobility services as a related service includes services provided to blind or visually impaired children, by qualified personnel, to enable those children to attain systematic orientation to and safe movement within their environments in school, home, and community, and includes teaching children the following, as appropriate:

(a) Spatial and environmental concepts and use of information received by the senses (i.e. sound, temperature, and vibrations) to establish, maintain, or regain orientation and line of travel (e.g. using sound at a traffic light to cross the street);

(b) To use the long cane to supplement visual travel skills or as a tool for safely negotiating the environment for children with no available travel vision;

(c) To use and understand remaining vision and distance low vision aids; and

(d) Other concepts, techniques, and tools.

3012.10

Parent counseling and training as a related service includes:

(a) Assisting parents in understanding the special needs of their child;

(b) Providing parents with information about child development; and

(c) Helping parents to acquire the necessary skills that will allow them to support the implementation of their child's IEP or IFSP including, as appropriate, the use of assistive technology as set forth in Section 3013.

3012.11

Physical therapy as a related service includes services provided by a qualified physical therapist.

3012.12

Psychological services as a related service includes:

(a) Administering psychological and educational tests, and other assessment procedures;

(b) Interpreting assessment results;

(c) Obtaining, integrating, and interpreting information about child behavior and conditions relating to learning;

(d) Consulting with other staff members in planning school programs to meet the special educational needs of children as indicated by psychological tests, interviews, direct observation, and behavioral evaluations;

(e) Planning and managing a program of psychological services, including psychological counseling for children and parents; and

(f) Assisting in developing positive behavioral intervention strategies.

3012.13

Recreation as a related service includes:

(a) Assessment of leisure function;

(b) Therapeutic recreation services;

(c) Recreation programs in schools and community agencies; and

(d) Leisure education.

3012.14

Rehabilitation counseling services as a related service means services provided to a child with a disability by qualified personnel, in individual or group sessions that focus specifically on the child's career development, employment preparation, achievement of independence, and integration in the workplace and community. The term also includes vocational rehabilitation services provided to a child with a disability by vocational rehabilitation programs funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701et seq.

3012.15

School health services and school nurse services as related services include health services that are designed to enable a child with a disability to receive FAPE as described in the child's IEP and are provided as follows:

(a) School nurse services are services provided by a qualified school nurse; and

(b) School health services are services that may be provided by either a qualified school nurse or other qualified person.

3012.16

Social work services as a related service in schools includes:

(a) Preparing a social or developmental history on a child with a disability;

(b) Group and individual counseling with the child and family;

(c) Working in partnership with parents and others on those problems in a child's living situation that affect the child's adjustment in school;

(d) Mobilizing school and community resources to enable the child to learn as effectively as possible in the child's educational program; and

(e) Assisting in the development of positive behavioral intervention strategies.

3012.17

Speech-language pathology services as a related service includes:

(a) Identification of children with speech or language impairments;

(b) Diagnosis and appraisal of specific speech or language impairments;

(c) Referral for medical or other professional attention necessary for the habilitation of speech or language impairments;

(d) Provision of speech and language services for the habilitation or prevention of communicative impairments; and

(e) Counseling and guidance of parents, children, and teachers regarding speech and language impairments.

3012.18

Transportation as a related service:

(a) Includes travel to and from school and between schools, travel in and around school buildings, and specialized equipment, if required to provide special transportation for a child with a disability; and

(b) Shall be provided if the IEP Team determines that the provision of transportation services is necessary for the provision of FAPE and the child is eligible for transportation, using State-established criteria as prescribed in State-level policy.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-A3012

Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 5902 7/1/2022