Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education – Criteria for Eligibility in the Educational Category of Intellectual Disability

A student displays an intellectual disability when:

1. The student performs 2.0 Standard Deviations below their peers of equivalent age, ethnic, and cultural background when measured by a standardized instrument of cognitive ability;
2. The student displays adaptive behavior consistent with measured cognitive ability. Adaptive behavior refers to the effectiveness with which a student meets the standards of personal independence and social responsibility expected of his/her age and cultural group. There should be a significant positive correlation between the student's intellectual ability and adaptive behavior; and,
3. The disability adversely affects the student’s educational performance.
   
   

Local Resources

• Assistance with Respite Care in the Home (ARCH)
• Bridges Community Support Services
• Family Forward
• Down Syndrome Association of St. Louis
• Fragile X Resource Center of Missouri
• St. Louis Arc
• St. Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources
• St. Louis Regional Office
• United Cerebral Palsy (UPC Heartland)
  
  

State Resources

• Missouri Family to Family
• Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC)
  
  

National Resources

• The Arc
• National Association for Down Syndrome
• National Down Syndrome Society
• National Fragile X Foundation
• Prader-Willi Syndrome Association