1. Utah AHEAD Semi-Annual Meeting December 3, 2010 Utah Valley University

2.  In the past, the term used was typically Mental Retardation  Qualifiers such as Mild, Moderate, and Severe gave a sense of degree of impact  It is important to look at both IQ scores and adaptive capabilities/impacts when determining fit

3.  Typically, the criteria (DSM-IV-TR) are:  “significantly subaverage intellectual functioning that is accompanied by limitations in adaptive functioning in at least two of the following skill areas:

4. ▪ Communication ▪ Self-Care ▪ Home Living ▪ Social/ Interpersonal Skills ▪ Use of Community Resources ▪ Self-Direction ▪ Functional Academic Skills ▪ Work ▪ Leisure ▪ Health and Safety

5.  Frequently individuals with these descriptors will enroll at open-admission/open- enrollment institutions  What are people seeing across the state?  Prevalence?  Challenges?  Opportunities?  Solution Approaches?

6.  At both of the institutions I’ve worked at, we’ve done the following:  In some ways, no different approach  In other ways, we do all we can and then let consequences emerge  Try to work with programs and professors  Orient student and parents to transitional issues

7.  Designed to create opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities  Encourages and provides grant funding for programs designed to support and assist students with these diagnostic criteria  Work with grant programs at your schools