Related Services

Types of Related Services

The following related services may be offered to students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). If you have any questions/concerns, contact your child's school counselor.

Counseling

Helps students improve their social, emotional, and coping skills. Goals may address appropriate school behavior and self-control, peer relationships, conflict resolution, and low self-esteem.

Hearing Education Services

Helps students who are deaf or hard of hearing improve their communication skills. Goals may focus on speech-reading (also known as lip-reading), auditory training, and language development

Occupational Therapy

Helps students develop eye and hand control and use information from the senses and attention to improve life skills such as eating, self-care, problem solving, and social skills.

Physical Therapy

Gives students independence in classrooms, the gym, the playground, bathrooms, hallways and staircases. Therapists will help students develop physical skills, such as:

• Gross motor control (large-muscle movement control);
• Ambulation (moving from place to place);
• Balance; and
• Coordination.

School Nurse Services

Helps students who have health-related needs stay safe and participate in school.

Speech/Language Therapy

Helps students develop listening and speaking skills. Goals may address:

• Auditory processing (understanding and using the sounds of language)
• Phonological skills (organizing speech sounds)
• Comprehension (understanding language)
• Articulation (forming clear sounds in speech)
• Social language skills

For more information on related services and options visit the Related Services Page.