§ 21.8140. Evaluation and improvement of vocational potential.
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(a)General. A CP or VRC may use the services that paragraph
(d)of this section describes to:
(1)Evaluate vocational training and employment potential;
(2)Provide a basis for planning:
(i)A program of services and assistance to improve the eligible child's preparation for vocational training and employment; or
(ii)A vocational training program;
(3)Reevaluate the vocational training feasibility of an eligible child participating in a vocational training program; and
(4)Remediate deficiencies in the child's basic capabilities, skills, or knowledge to give the child the ability to participate in vocational training or employment. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1804(b), 1814)
(b)Periods when evaluation and improvement services may be provided. A CP or VRC may authorize the services described in paragraph
(d)of this section, except those in paragraph (d)(4) of this section, for delivery during:
(1)An initial or extended evaluation; or
(2)Pursuit of a vocational training program. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1804(c), 1814)
(c)Duration of services. The duration of services needed to improve vocational training and employment potential, furnished on a full-time basis either as a preliminary part or all of a vocational training program, may not exceed 9 months. If VA furnishes these services on a less than full-time basis, the duration will be for the period necessary, but may not exceed the equivalent of 9 months of full-time training. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1804(c), 1814)
(d)Scope of services. Evaluation and improvement services include:
(1)Diagnostic services;
(2)Personal and work adjustment training;
(3)Referral for medical care and treatment pursuant to §§ 17.900 through 17.905 of this title for the spina bifida, covered birth defects, or related conditions;
(4)Vocationally oriented independent living services indispensable to pursuing a vocational training program;
(5)Language training, speech and voice correction, training in ambulation, and one-hand typewriting;
(6)Orientation, adjustment, mobility and related services; and
(7)Other appropriate services to assist the child in functioning in the proposed training or work environment. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1804(c), 1814)
(e)Applicability of chapter 31 rules on special rehabilitation services. The provisions of § 21.140 do not apply to this subpart. Subject to the provisions of this subpart, the following provisions apply to the vocational training program under this subpart in a manner comparable to that for veterans under the 38 U.S.C. chapter 31 program: § 21.142(a) and (b); § 21.144; § 21.146; § 21.148(a) and (c); § 21.150 other than paragraph (b); § 21.152 other than paragraph (b); § 21.154 other than paragraph (b); and § 21.156. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1804(c), 1814)
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