24:05:27:23Criteria for occupational therapy.
Section · Administrative Rules of South Dakota · View on sdlegislature.gov ↗
Rulemaking activity
- Special education developmental delay and disability criteria updatesEffective
- Special education rules alignment with federal IDEA standardsEffective
- State graduation requirements and career and technical education updatesEffective
- Special education and teacher certification rules cleanupEffective
- Education rules cleanup and teacher evaluation updatesEffective
A student may be identified as in need of occupational therapy as a related service if: (1) The student has a disability and requires special education; (2) The student needs occupational therapy to benefit from special education; and (3) The student demonstrates performance on a standardized assessment instrument that falls at least 1.5 standard deviations below the mean in one or more of the following areas: fine motor skills, sensory integration, and visual motor skills.
Source: 23 SDR 139, effective March 10, 1997.