Attachment II

FEDERAL DEFINITION

In accordance with 34 CRF 300.24, “…related services means transportation and such developmental,

corrective, and other supportive services as required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from

special education, and includes speech-language pathology, audiology services, psychological services,

physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, early identification and

assessment of disabilities in children, counseling services

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including rehabilitation counseling, orientation

and mobility services, and medical services for diagnostic and evaluation purposes. The term also

includes school health services, social work services in schools, and parent counseling and training.”

Counseling is referenced in two ways under this section, as follows (emphasis added):

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34 CFR 300.24(b)(2)

Counseling services

means services provided by qualified social worker,

psychologists, guidance counselors, or other qualified personnel.

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34 CFR 300.24(b)(9)

Psychological services

includes (i) administering psychological and

educational tests, and other assessment procedures; (ii) interpreting assessment results; (iii)

obtaining, integrating, and interpreting information about child behavior and conditions relating

to learning; (iv) consulting with other staff members in planning school programs to meet the

special needs of children as indicated by psychological test, interview, and behavior evaluations;

(v) planning and managing a program of psychological services,

including psychological

counseling for children and parents

; and (vi) assisting in the development of positive

behavioral intervention strategies.

FLORIDA LAW

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Section 490.014(1)(b), Florida Statutes

Exemptions

.--No provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit the practice of nursing,

clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, or other recognized

businesses or professions, or to prevent qualified members of other professions from doing work

of a nature consistent with their training, so long as they do not hold themselves out to the public

as psychologists or use a title or description protected by this chapter. Nothing in this subsection

shall be construed to exempt any person from the provisions of s. 490.012.

May 31, 2005