Early intervention services must be provided by qualified personnel including:

1. special educators, including teachers of children with hearing impairments, deafness, visual impairments and blindness;
2. speech and language pathologists;
3. audiologists;
4. occupational therapists;
5. physical therapists;
6. psychologists;
7. social workers;
8. nurses;
9. registered dieticians;
10. family therapists;
11. orientation and mobility specialists;
12. pediatricians and other physicians; and
13. vision specialists, including ophthalmologists and optometrists. [20.U.S.C. Sec. 1432(4)(F); 34 C.F.R. Sec. 303.13(c).]