6: Students with Intensive Needs - Admin
Students with disabilities have varying needs; however, in many situations, students may have additional needs based on the nature and severity of their disability or other factors that require more intensive academic, behavioral, social, and/or emotional support. Students who have cognitive, social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties often require unique and individualized resources to aid in achieving school success.
Students with intensive needs exhibit significant intellectual and adaptive behavior deficits in their ability to plan, comprehend, and reason, and also indicate adaptive behavior deficits that limit their ability to apply social and practical skills such as personal care, social problem-solving skills, dressing, eating, using money, and other functional skills across life domains. These students require extensive, direct individualized instruction, and substantial supports that are neither temporary nor specific to a particular content area.