Module:

Related Services: Common Supports for Students with Disabilities

Assessment

Please complete the items below. If you have difficulty, go back and review the Perspectives and Resources pages in this module.

1. Describe what related services are and how they help students with disabilities in school environments.
   
   
2. Why do you think there is such a wide range of related services and why this is important to students who have disabilities?
   
   
3. Once a student is determined to be eligible for special education and related services, what decisions must the multidisciplinary team make about the delivery of the related services? Discuss at least three.
   
   
4. In your own words, briefly describe what school social workers or school psychologists do and how they help students with disabilities.
   
   
5. Serena is a second grader who has Down syndrome. She has articulation difficulties and balance and gross-motor control issues, and is highly distractible in the classroom setting. What related services might be beneficial for this student and why?