Related services are any services that are necessary to help a student benefit from their special education program.^[1] To “benefit from special education” has generally been interpreted to mean making meaningful progress toward meeting IEP goals and objectives.^[2]

1. 34 Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Sec. 300.34(a).[↩]
2. County of San Diego v. California Special Education Hearing Office, 93 F.3d 1458, 1467 (9th Cir. 1996).[↩]