Poudre High School has four programs for students who qualify for Special Education services. They include: a Resource Program, a Moderate Emotional Disabilities Program, a Cognitive Disabilities Program and a Life Skills Program.

Service delivery is needs-based and offered at various academic levels. These include a continuum of services from full inclusion in the main stream classes, mainstream classes with Resource Support, Moderate Needs, Affective classes, Social Skills Classes, and community work experience. Learning stratgies classes are offered to students for test taking accomodations and homework support.

Poudre High school offers diverse opportunities to meet the varied learning styles of our students. Service delivery is needs-based and offered at various academic levels.

Mild Needs. All schools in Poudre School District have programs for students with mild needs. These programs serve students with varied disability conditions, i.e., Learning Disabilities, Communication Disabilities, Cognitive Disabilities and Emotional Disabilities. The student continues as a regular education student but also receives educational support and instruction from a special education teacher.

Moderate Needs (Affective and Cognitive). The Moderate Needs program is for students with special needs who require a special education program and/or services more than 50% of their school day but who can benefit from participation in one or more academic/non-academic subjects with students who are not disabled. Students with the above needs may have varied disability conditions, i.e., Learning Disability, Cognitive Disability, Communication Disability, Physical Disability or Multiple Disability.

This program is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills that are relevant and useful in terms of self-help, academic, independent living and vocational skills.

The Moderate Needs Course of Study includes alternative classes that offer equivalent credit hours to meet district graduation requirements at the secondary level. In addition, the district realizes the importance of addressing the affective needs of students through provision of direct and indirect teaching of social skills and the enhancement of the student's self-concept.

Severe Needs (Affective and Cognitive). Students with severe or profound cognitive needs are served in Life Skills or Adaptive Skills classes.