Intensive Social/Communication Support (IS/CS)

• A highly structured maximum services special education program serving grades K-5
• Follows NC Standard Course of Study for grades K-5
• Predominant instruction: Grade-level Academic Content Standards with Grade level Academic Achievement Standards delivered in the General Education setting
• Instructional focus:
• practical social skills,
• pragmatic communication skills,
• organizational skills
• sensory integration strategies
• Likely state assessment: NC End of Grade with or without accommodations
• Highly individualized instruction utilizing objectively verified practices which may include structured, discrete trial, incidental, and pivotal response teaching

ISCS-IAS-SC Team: Staff-Student Ratio for planning purposes: 1:2 (3 teachers; 5 paraeducators)