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Why does hte school have to provide that?
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Because of the expense.
Counseling by an appropriate professional is a related service.
The following was written by OSEP and in relation to IDEA 1997, but it's still applicable.
"Related services are transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services (including speech-language pathology and audiology services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation [including therapeutic recreation] social work services, counseling services [including rehabilitation counseling] orientation and mobility services, medical services, except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only) as may be required to help a child with a disability to benefit from special education. (Sec. 1401 (22) of the 1997 Reauthorization of IDEA)"
