Adaptive Physical Education (AP) is physical education that has been modified or adapted so that it is appropriate for the person with a disability. This related service focuses on physical and fundamental motor skills.
Assistive Technology service (AS) directly assists in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device for a child with a disability.
Audiology Service (AU) includes the identification of children with hearing loss; determination of the range, nature, and degree of hearing loss, including referral for medical or other professional attention for the habilitation of hearing; provision of habilitative activities, including language habilitation, auditory training, lip-reading, hearing evaluation, and speech conservation; creation and administration of programs for prevention of hearing loss; counseling and guidance of children, parents, and teachers regarding hearing loss; and determination of children’s needs for group and individual amplification, selecting and fitting an appropriate aid, and evaluating the effectiveness of amplification.
Counseling Service in the school environment (CS) focuses on addressing the social emotional needs of students with disabilities to enable them to benefit from special education services.
Interpreting Service (IN) is for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, oral transliteration services, cued language transliteration services, sign language transliteration and interpreting services, and transcription services, including communication access real-time translation (CART), C-Print, and TypeWell; and special interpreting services for children who are deaf-blind.
Music Therapy (MT) uses music to assist student with disabilities to attain specified educational goals. While it is useful for many students with disabilities, it is important to note that in a school district, services are provided according to demonstrated educational need.
Orientation and Mobility Service (OM) is provided to blind or visually impaired students by qualified personnel to enable those students to attain systematic orientation to, and safe movement within, their environments at school, at home, and in the community.
Occupational Therapy (OT) addresses visual motor, visual perception, gross motor, fine motor, self-help and other skills that impact school performance. The Occupational Therapist may also work to modify classroom equipment and help students participate in school activities.
Physical Therapy (PT) in the school environment focuses on helping students acquire functional abilities necessary to access educational materials and adapt to their educational environment. The physical therapist may help to design and implement physical therapy interventions in order to help the student achieve their IEP goals.
School Health service (SH) is specified in the IEP of a child with a disability and are provided by a school nurse.
School Social Work service (SW) is a service provided by a licensed social worker and includes the provision of preparing a social or developmental history on a student with a disability, providing group and individual counseling with a student or assisting in developing positive behavioral intervention strategies.
School Nurse Service (NU) is a nursing service provided by a nurse contracted via an outside agency in accordance with the child’s IEP.
Speech and Language Service (SL) address speech or language disorders including, but not limited to, articulation, phonology, apraxia, fluency, voice, receptive language, expressive language and pragmatic language. The Speech Language Pathologist may also address deafness/hearing loss, oral-motor disorders, and swallowing/feeding disorders.
Special Education Transportation (ST) is provided for students with disabilities for travel to and from school and between schools; travel in and around school buildings; and specialized equipment, including special or adapted buses, lifts, and ramps, if required.
Transition Service (TS) helps prepare students with disabilities for life beyond high school. The transition teacher teaches employability skills through classroom and on-the job training. The transition teacher works as a part of the IEP team to help students meet goals in the area of employability, independent living, and academics. Transition services begin after the student has reached the age of fourteen.