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Continuous Adjustment Profile

The Continuous Adjustment Profile (CAP) is Junipa's evidence ledger for students who need continuous support on campus. It is built for students at the Extensive adjustment level, whose adjustments, in the words of the NCCD, "occur at all times". The CAP captures who delivers each scheduled adjustment, where, in class or out of class, and confirms the whole school day is catered for.

If you are setting a student up with a CAP for the first time, start with Onboarding Extensive Students with a CAP, which walks through the prompt, the conversion, and the plan template. This page is about something narrower: how the CAP sits next to off-site coverage, because the two overlap and it is easy to reach for the wrong one.

CAP and off-site coverage: the overlap

The CAP and the Continuous Off-Site Adjustment schedule both prove continuous support, but they answer different questions.

Continuous Adjustment ProfileContinuous Off-Site Adjustment
Built forExtensive students who need continuous support on campusStudents who are regularly off campus for part of the week
ProvesThe whole school day is covered, in class and out of classOff-site days are covered and confirmed
ShapeA weekly schedule of named adjustments across the dayA calendar of on-site and off-site days with coverage and confirmation
Reports intoThe Continuous Adjustment Profile cohort pageThe Adjustment Continuity Report

Which one to use

The dividing line is where the student spends their week, not how high their adjustment level is.

  • If the student is mainly on campus and needs continuous support there, the CAP carries the detail.
  • If the student is regularly off campus, the off-site schedule carries the detail.

A student can hold both. An Extensive student who also does work experience can have a CAP for their on-campus days and an off-site schedule for the rest, and each report reads from whichever applies.

The point worth being clear on: you do not need to reach for the Extensive CAP just to cover an off-campus student. If the reason you are reaching for continuous coverage is that the student is off site, the off-site schedule is the right tool, whatever their adjustment level. Use the CAP for the on-campus continuous-support case it was designed for.

Where to view the cohort

Open Plans → Continuous Adjustment Profile in the main navigation, or visit /dashboard/plans/continuous-adjustment-profile. The page tracks the Extensive cohort, who has an active CAP, and where coverage has gaps. For a full walkthrough of that page, the conversion prompt, and the plan template sections, see Onboarding Extensive Students with a CAP.

If you have questions about NCCD evidence requirements specifically, see also the NCCD Compliance Guide.