Quick Reference Guide for Acronyms and Abbreviations

AAC = Alternative Augmentative Communication

ABA = Applied Behavioral Analysis

ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act

ADHD = Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (note: ADD is an outdated term)

ADLs = Activities of Daily Living

APE = Adaptive Physical Education

ASD = Autism Spectrum Disorders

ASL = American Sign Language

AT = Assistive Technology

AYP = Adequate Yearly Progress

BAHA = Bone Anchored Hearing Aid

BD = Behavioral Disorder

BIP = Behavior(al) Intervention Plan

BOE = Board of Education

CBM = Curriculum Based Measure

CD = Cognitive Delay

CF = Cystic Fibrosis

COTA = Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant

CP = Cerebral Palsy

CSD = Communication Sciences and Disorders

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

DSM-5= Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association

ECE = Early Childhood Education

EBD = Emotional & Behavioral Disorder

EHDI = Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program

EI = Early Intervention

ESD = Extended School Day

ESEA = Elementary and Secondary Education Act

ESL = English as a Second Language

ESY = Extended School Year

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

HI = Hearing Impaired

IA = Instructional Assistant

ICEVI = International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment

ID = Intellectual Disabilities

IDEA = Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEP= Individualized Education Program

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 = Multiple Disabilities

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

PALS = Peer-Assisted Learning System

PARCC = Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

Part B= Special Education School-Aged Children (age 3 up to 22 years)

Part C = Special Education – Birth through 2 Years Old

PBIS = Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports

PLOP = Present Level of Performance

PT = Physical Therapy

RDA = Results-Driven Accountability

RS = Related Services

RTI = Response to Intervention

SAS = Supplementary Aids and Services

SB = Spina Bifida

SE = Special Education

Section 504 = Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

SED = Serious Emotional Disturbance

SI = Sensory Integration

SLD = Specific Learning Disability

SLI = Speech/Language Impairment

SLP = Speech/Language Pathologist

SSDI = Social Security Disability Income

SSI = Supplemental Security Income

TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury

TDD = Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf

TS = Tourette Syndrome

USDOE= United States Department of Education (Also referred to as “ED”)

VI = Visual Impairment

Voc Ed = Vocational Education

VR = Vocational Rehabilitation

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