List of Common Special Education Acronyms

AAC: Alternative Augmentative Communication ABA: Applied Behavioral Analysis

ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD: Attention Deficit/Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADLs: Activities of Daily Living APE: Adaptive Physical Education ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorders ASL: American Sign Language AT: Assistive Technology

AYP: Adequate Yearly Progress BIP: Behavioral Intervention Plan CD: Cognitive Delay

CF: Cystic Fibrosis CP: Cerebral Palsy CST: Child Study Team

DB: Deaf-Blind

DD: Developmental Delay DOE: Department of Education DoH: Department of Health DPH: Due Process Hearing Officer

DS: Down Syndrome

ECE: Early Childhood Education EBD: Emotional Behavioral Disturbance

EI: Early Intervention ESD: Extended School Day

ESEA: Elementary and Secondary Education Act ESL: English as a Second Language

ESY/EYS: Extended School Year or Extended Year Services FAPE: Free Appropriate Public Education

FAS: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FBA: Functional Behavioral Assessment

FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act FM: Focused Monitoring

GE: General Education GT: Gifted and Talented H: Hearing Impaired

ID: Intellectual Disabilities

IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IEE: Individualized Educational Evaluation IEP: Individualized Education Program

 

List of Common Special Education Acronyms

IFSP: Individualized Family Service Plan IQ: Intelligence Quotient

ITP: Individualized Transition Plan LD: Learning Disability

LEA: Local Education Agency LRE: Least Restrictive Environment

MD: Muscular Dystrophy

MD or MH: Multiple Disabilities or Multiply Handicapped

NCLB: No Child Left Behind Act (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) NEA: National Education Association

OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ODD: Oppositional Defiant Disorder OHI: Other Health Impairment

OI: Orthopedic Impairment

O & M: Orientation and Mobility Services OT: Occupational Therapy

PBS: Positive Behavioral Supports PD: Physical Disability

PDD: Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PLEP or PLP: Present Level of Educational Performance or Present Level of Performance

PP: Paraprofessional PT: Physical Therapy

RDA: Results-Driven Accountability RS: Related Services

RTI: Response to Intervention SA: Self-Assessment

SAS: Supplementary Aids and Services SAT: Student Assistance Team

SB: Spina Bifida SE: Special Education

Section 504:Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act SED: Serious Emotional Disturbance

SI: Sensory Integration

SLP: Speech Language Pathologist SLD: Specific Learning Disability SLI: Speech/Language Impairment SLP: Speech/Language Pathologist TB: Traumatic Brain Injury

TS: Tourette Syndrome VI : Visual Impairment

Voc Ed: Vocational Education

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