(a) Initial counseling. A counseling psychologist or vocational rehabilitation counselor in the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Division will counsel an eligible person with a disability who is a child, spouse, or surviving spouse before referring the case to the Vocational Rehabilitation Panel (established under § 21.60) for consideration as to the child's, spouse's or surviving spouse's need for a course of specialized vocational training or special restorative training. After consulting with the panel, and considering the panel's report, the counseling psychologist or vocational rehabilitation counselor will determine if the child, spouse, or surviving spouse needs a course of specialized vocational training or special restorative training, and where need is found to exist will prescribe a course which is suitable to accomplish the goals of 38 U.S.C. chapter 35.

(b) Counseling after special restorative training. When an eligible person completes or discontinues a course of special restorative training without having selected an objective and a program of education, a counseling psychologist or vocational rehabilitation counselor in the VR&E Division will provide additional counseling to assist him or her in selecting a program of education suitable to accomplish the purposes of 38 U.S.C. chapter 35.