Special Services Providers and the Law

As the law seems to have become an integral part of the work routine of special services providers (SSPs), the task confronting practitioners is to develop a productive relationship with it. To facilitate the development of such a relationship, this article examines recent changes in the law that have resulted in currently practicing SSPs confronting, as opposed to their predecessors, many service delivery questions that have legal ramifications. Also, practices which may be viewed as encompassing a much needed broadbased approach to establishing a productive relationship with the law are covered.