Intellectually Disabled
Mildly Intellectually Disabled students demonstrate a potential for personal, social and emotional growth leading to independent productive living. Students with mild intellectual disabilities may exhibit the following behaviors in a general education setting:
- immature
- concrete thinkers, problems with abstractions
- poor memory
- several grades behind in academics
- significant deficits in ability, academics and adaptive behavior
Moderately Intellectually Disabled students demonstrate an intellectual ability of approximately one-third to one-half that of the average of their same age peers. Programs are designed to develop personal, social, and emotional growth leading toward productive, supervised living. Students with moderate intellectual disabilities may exhibit the following behaviors:
- learning level 1/3 to 1/2 that of chronological age
- immature social skills
- delayed fine and gross motor skills
- delays in expressing and understanding language
- significant deficits in ability, academics and adaptive behavior
Severely and Profoundly Intellectually Disabled students demonstrate an intellectual capacity approximately two-thirds below the average of their same age peers. Skills development in self-help, motor, social, communication, cognitive, and vocational areas is provided. Students with severe/profound intellectual disabilities may exhibit the following behaviors in a general education setting:
- co-existing disabilities
- non-readers
- need help with self-care
- need supervision as an adult