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Intellectual Disability Eligibility Guide
"Intellectual disability" means significantly below-average general intellectual functioning, existing
concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior. This disability is manifested during the developmental
period and adversely affects a student’s educational performance.
Required Assessments
Observation; review of existing school educational and health records; Individually administered
achievement tests in reading, math and/or language arts; an individually administered intelligence test;
measure of adaptive behavior; educational impact analysis.
The CSC must gather the necessary information to meet the eligibility criteria.
Criteria
Significantly impaired intellectual and adaptive behavior functioning (must be present concurrently):
 Significantly impaired intellectual functioning: At least 2.0 standard deviations below the mean,
on an individually administered, standardized measure of intellectual functioning with
consideration given to the standard error of measurement for the assessment. The CSC will
identify the standardized instrument used and the score results.
 Significantly impaired adaptive behavior: deficits commensurate with estimated level of
functioning based upon intellectual ability in one or more of the three areas of adaptive
behavior. The following skills represent the three areas of adaptive behavior:
o Conceptual Skills - language and literacy, money, time, and number concepts;
o Social Skills - interpersonal skills, social responsibility, self-esteem, gullibility, social
problem solving, and the ability to follow rules, obey laws, and avoid being victimized
o Practical Skills - activities of daily living, occupational skills, healthcare,
travel/transportation, schedules/routines, safety, use of money, use of the telephone.
The CSC will identify the standardized instrument used and the score results.
There is an identified developmental history (ages birth through 18) that indicates significant
impairment in intellectual functioning and a current demonstration of a significant impairment is
present.
AND
 Due to the identified Intellectual Disability, the student is educationally impacted and requires
specially designed instruction. The CSC will list and/or describe.