Appropriateness for Teleservices

This one is a single-page reference matrix rather than a paper. It sets out, service line by service line, who can be served virtually and under what conditions.

Six rows: psychoeducational assessment as a file review, psychoeducational assessment as a full evaluation, speech-language assessment, behavioral and mental health counseling, speech-language therapy, and specialized instruction. For each one it names the provider type, whether the service runs individually or in a group, the ages served, whether an on-site helper is required, and what the setting has to provide — a private location, or headphones where the space is shared.

The contraindications are the useful part, and they differ by service. Full psychoeducational evaluation is not appropriate below age seven. Across services, virtual delivery is flagged as a poor fit for students unwilling to engage online, students in acute crisis, students too behaviorally dysregulated to sit in front of a screen, and significantly oppositional students — with severe emotional disturbance and significant verbal communication difficulties added for counseling and speech.

The page is explicit that these are indicators rather than rules. The provider's clinical judgment decides whether any individual student is a fit.