providing information for the review, and when necessary participating in the review and revision of IEPs of pupils; (3) Consultative services to pupils, parents, teachers, or other school personnel; (4) Coordination of speech and language services with an individual’s regular and special education program. Caseloads of full-time equivalent language, speech and hearing specialists providing instruction and services within the LEA, SELPA, or county office shall not exceed a districtwide, SELPAwide, or countywide average of 55 individuals unless prior written approval has been granted by the SSPI. Language and speech development and remediation shall be provided only by personnel who possess: (1) a licensed in Speech-Language Pathology issued by a licensing agency within the Department of Consumer Affairs; or (2) a credential authorizing language or speech services. Services may also be provided by speech-language pathology assistants working under the direct supervision of a qualified language, speech, and hearing specialist, as defined in Business and Professions Code section 2530.2(i), and if specified in the IEP. No more than two assistants may be supervised by one qualified language, speech, and hearing specialist. The caseloads of persons in subdivision (b) shall not be increased by the use of assistants. 2. Audiological services Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations § 3051.2. “Audiological instruction and services may include: (1) Aural rehabilitation (auditory training, speech reading, language habilitation, and speech conversation) and habilitation with individual pupils or groups and support for the hearing- impaired pupils in the regular classroom; (2) Monitoring hearing levels, auditory behavior, and amplification for all pupils requiring personal or group amplification in the instructional setting; (3) Planning, organizing, and implementing an audiology program for individuals with auditory dysfunctions, as specified in the IEP; (4) Consultative services regarding test findings, amplification needs and equipment, ontological referrals, home training programs, acoustic treatment of rooms, and coordination of educational services to hearing-impaired individuals. Audiological services shall be provided only by personnel who possess: (1) a licensed in Audiology issued by a licensing agency within the Department of Consumer Affairs; or (2) a credential authorizing audiology services.
3. Orientation and mobility services
Chapter 5 – Supports and Services, Desert/Mountain SELPA As of 10/18/19 D/M SELPA Steering Committee Approval
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