Speech and language therapy services may be terminated when one (1) or more of the following criteria have been met and it is the decision of the IEP team that:

1. (1) The speech/language problem is no longer a disability as demonstrated by norm-referenced and/or criterion-referenced assessment results and/or clinical procedures;
2. (2) The child's IEP goals have been attained and no adverse effect on educational performance is present;
3. (3) The acquisition of expected academic, behavioral, social, vocational, and/or functional performance goals is no longer affected by the child's communication (an adverse effect on educational performance no longer exists);

4. (4) The child has attained a level of performance commensurate with expectations given his or her clinical condition such as, but not limited to:

   1. (A) Limited cognitive functioning;
   2. (B) Structural anomalies;
   3. (C) Neurological disabilities; and/or
   4. (D) Hearing impairment; or

5. (5)

   1. (A) The child has maintained the same level of performance as measured by standardized tests and/or procedures over a period of time, indicating to the IEP team that the child cannot reasonably benefit from continued treatment at the present time.
   2. (B) Throughout the period of speech/language therapy service, the speech-language pathologist must demonstrate documented use of a variety of intervention strategies attempted to stimulate progress.

Codification Notes: “IEP” means individualized education program.