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availability of EIS. Procedures to determine the availability of information on EIS to parents are also
included in that program.
“Public expense”
means that DoDEA either pays for the full cost of the service or evaluation or ensures
that the service or evaluation is otherwise provided at no cost to the parent(s).
“Rehabilitation counseling”
means services provided by qualified personnel in individual or group
sessions that focus specifically on career development, employment preparation, achieving
independence, and integration in the workplace and community of the student with a disability. The
term also includes vocational rehabilitation services provided to a student with disabilities by vocational
rehabilitation programs funded in accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, sections 791-794d of
Title 29, U.S.C. (Reference (n)).
“Related services”
means transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive
services as are required to assist a student with a disability to benefit from special education and
includes speech-language pathology and audiology services; interpreting services; psychological
services; physical and occupational therapy; recreation, including therapeutic recreation; early
identification and assessment of disabilities in students; counseling services, including rehabilitation
counseling; orientation and mobility services; and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation
purposes. Related services also includes school health services and school nurse services; social work
services in schools; and parent counseling and training. Related services do not include a medical device
that is surgically implanted including cochlear implants, the optimization of device functioning (e.g.,
mapping), maintenance of the device, or the replacement of that device. The list of related services is
not exhaustive and may include other developmental, corrective, or supportive services (such as artistic
and cultural programs, and art, music and dance therapy), if they are required to assist a student with a
disability to benefit from special education. Nothing in this section: 1. Limits the right of a child with a
surgically implanted device (e.g., cochlear implant) to receive related services that are determined by
the IEP team to be necessary for the student to receive FAPE; 2. Limits the responsibility of a public
agency to appropriately monitor and maintain medical devices that are needed to maintain the health
and safety of the student, including breathing, nutrition, or operation of other bodily functions, while
the student is transported to and from school or is at school; or 3. Prevents the routine checking of an
external component of a surgically implanted device to make sure it is functioning properly.
“Related services assigned to the Military Departments”
means medical and psychological services,
audiology, and optometry for diagnostic or evaluative purposes, including consults, to determine
whether a particular student has a disability, the type and extent of the disability, and the student’s
eligibility to receive special services. In the overseas and domestic areas, transportation is provided as a
related service by the Military Department when transportation is prescribed in an IFSP for an infant or
toddler birth to 3 years of age with disabilities.
“Resolution meeting”
means the meeting between parents and relevant school personnel, which must
be convened within a specified number of days after the receiving notice of a due process complaint and
prior to the initiation of a due process hearing, in accordance with Reference (b) and DoDM 1342.12.
The purpose of the meeting is for the parent to discuss the due process complaint and the facts giving
rise to the complaint so that the school has the opportunity to resolve the complaint.
“Resolution period”
means that period of time following a resolution meeting, the length of which is
defined in this Manual, during which the school is afforded an opportunity to resolve the parent’s
concerns before the dispute can proceed to a due process hearing.