Yes, if necessary to benefit from special education, counseling services are available to students as follows:
- Counseling and guidance services for students who require additional services to supplement the regular guidance and counseling program;
- Educational counseling to assist in planning and implementing a student’s immediate and long-range educational program;
- Career counseling to assess a student’s aptitudes, abilities, and interests in order to make realistic career decisions;
- Personal counseling to help the student develop their ability to function with social and personal responsibility; and
- Assistance in developing positive behavioral intervention strategies.[1]
Counseling services must be provided by qualified social workers, psychologists, guidance counselors or other qualified personnel.[2]