22 Tex. Admin. Code § 346.1 - Educational Settings
(a) In the
educational setting, the physical therapist conducts appropriate screenings,
evaluations, and assessments to determine needed services to fulfill
educational goals. When a student is determined by the physical therapist to be
eligible for physical therapy as a related service defined by Special Education
Law, the physical therapist provides written recommendations to the Admissions
Review and Dismissal Committee as to the amount of specific services needed by
the student (i.e., consultation or direct services and the frequency and
duration of services).
(b) The
physical therapist implements physical therapy services in accordance with the
recommendations accepted by the school committee members and as reflected in
the student's Admission Review and Dismissal Committee reports.
(c) The physical therapist may provide
general consultation or other physical therapy program services for school
administrators, educators, assistants, parents and others to address district,
campus, classroom or student-centered issues. For the student who is eligible
to receive physical therapy as a related service in accordance with the
student's Admission Review and Dismissal Committee reports, the physical
therapist will also provide the consultation and direct types of specific
services needed to implement specially designed goals and objectives included
in the student's Individualized Education Program.
(d) The types of services which may require a
physician's referral in the educational setting include the provision of
individualized specially designed instructions and the direct physical modeling
or hands-on demonstration of activities with a student who has been determined
eligible to receive physical therapy as a related service. Additionally, they
may include the direct provision of activities which are of such a nature that
they are only conducted with the eligible student by a physical therapist or
physical therapist assistant. The physical therapist should refer to §
322.1 of
this title (relating to Provision of Services).
(e) Evaluation and reevaluation in the
educational setting will be conducted in accordance with federal mandates under
Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
20
USC §
1414, or when warranted by a
change in the child's condition, and include onsite reexamination of the child.
The Plan of Care (Individual Education Program) must be reviewed by the PT at
least every 60 school days, or concurrent with every visit if the student is
seen at intervals greater than 60 school days, to determine if revisions are
necessary.
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