Haw. Code R. § 11-147-3 - Occupational therapy and physical therapy services

(a) An occupational therapist or physical therapist shall respond to a request for evaluation from a district by:

(1) Determining whether the child requires occupational or physical therapy to benefit from special education, and identifying those needs;

(2) Submitting a written report to the multi-disciplinary evaluation team outlining the child's identified need for occupational or physical therapy services; and

(3) Participating as a multi-disciplinary evaluation team member in meetings convened by the district for the purpose of completing such evaluation,

(b) An occupational therapist or physical therapist, or a designee familiar with the student's needs, shall participate in all meetings in which occupational or physical therapy may be considered as an appropriate related service for a handicapped child. (One of the multi-disciplinary evaluation team members or the child's special education teachers may serve as the therapist's designee, if the therapist has furnished the designee with all necessary information prior to the meeting.) The therapist or designee shall be responsible for specifying the nature, intensity, and duration of physical or occupational therapy proposed for inclusion in the child's IEP.

(c) Occupational and physical therapy include teacher oriented consultation (TOC), student oriented consultation (SOC), and direct treatment services (DTS).

(1) When TOC services are required, the physical or occupational therapist shall provide resource consultation including sharing information or demonstrations to assist the teacher(s) of handicapped children in dealing with situations and programs common to special education students with physical or learning disabilities or dysfunctions.

(2) When SOC services are required, the physical or occupational therapist shall provide direct consultation relating to physical or occupational therapy to assist the teacher in managing a particular child. It may include assistance in the programming of goals and objectives for the child, assessing the child's progress toward these goals and objectives, and providing program suggestions including information or demonstrations.

(3) When direct treatment services are required, occupational and physical therapy in individual or group situations will be provided to the handicapped student to assist the student to benefit from special education.

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Haw. Code R. § 11-147-3

[Eff. APR 12, 1984] (Auth: HRS § 321-9) (Imp: HRS § 301-27; 34 C.F.R. §§300.4, 300.13, 300.344 -.346, 300.503, 300.532, 300.534, 300.540-.543, 300.552)