A
|
AAD |
adaptive assistive
devices |
AAT |
advanced academic
training |
ABA |
applied behavior
analysis |
ABD |
antisocial behavior
disorders |
ABE |
adult basic education |
AC |
alternative certification
|
ACROS |
automated cross referencing
occupational
system |
ACT |
American College Testing |
AD |
attachment disorder |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act;
average daily attendance |
ADC |
aid to dependent children |
ADD |
attention deficit disorder |
ADHD |
attention deficit with hyperactivity
disorder |
ADL |
activities of daily living |
ADM |
average daily membership |
ADR |
alternative dispute
resolution |
ADVOC-NET |
adult vocational network |
AEA |
acquired eleptiform aphasia
(Landau-Kleffner
syndrome) |
AEP |
alternative education
placement |
AFDC |
aid to families with dependent
children |
AFS |
adult and family services
|
AG |
annual goal |
AHSD |
adult high school diploma |
AI |
auditorily impaired
|
AIDS |
acquired immune deficiency
syndrome |
AIT |
Agency for Instructional
Technology |
ALO |
alternative learning
options |
ALS |
advanced life support |
AMD |
alternative mobility device |
AP |
advanced placement |
APD |
antisocial personality
disorder; auditory processing disorder |
APE |
adaptive physical education |
APPE |
average per pupil expenditure |
ARD |
admission, review, and dismissal
[committee] |
ARP |
advisory review panel |
ASC |
advanced study center |
ASD |
autism spectrum disorder |
ASDO |
alternative service delivery options |
ASL |
American Sign Language |
AT |
assistive technology |
ATC |
area technical center; alternative teacher certification |
ATCP |
alternative teacher
certification program |
AU |
autistic
|
AUT |
autism |
AVTI |
area vocational technical
institute |
AYP |
annual yearly progress |
| |
B | |
BAC |
behavior adjustment
class |
BASIS |
Basic Adult Skills Inventory
System
|
BD |
behaviorally disordered; behavior
disorders; brain damaged
| BEP |
behavioral education plan
| BEST |
basic education study team
|
BETAC |
bilingual education technical
assistance centers |
BI | brain injury
| BIA |
Brain Injury Association; Bureau of
Indian Affairs |
BIL |
bilingual |
BIP | behavior intervention plan
| BLS |
basic life support
| BMP |
behavior management plan
| BOCES |
Board of Comprehensive Education
Services (New York
State)
| | |
C | |
CA |
chronological age
|
CAI |
computer-assisted instruction
|
CAM |
certificate of advanced mastery
|
CAP |
central auditory processing
|
CAPD |
central auditory processing
disorders; see also APD (auditory processing disorder)
|
CAT |
committee on accessible
transportation
|
CBA |
curriculum based assessment
|
CBM |
curriculum based measurement
|
CC |
cross categorical
|
CD |
communication development; conduct
disorder
|
CDA |
child development associate
|
CDRC |
child development and rehabilitation
center
|
CDS |
child development specialist
|
CFLA |
community and family living
amendments
|
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations
|
CHAP |
child health assurance program
|
CHD |
center on human development
|
CHI |
closed head injury
|
CIL |
center for independent living
|
CIM |
certificate of initial mastery
|
CLAS |
culturally and linguistically
appropriate services
|
CLD |
culturally and linguistically
diverse
|
CMHP |
community mental health program
|
CNS |
central nervous system
|
COTA |
certified occupational therapist
assistant
|
CP |
cerebral palsy
|
CPPC |
cooperative personnel planning
council
|
CPSE |
committee on preschool special
education
|
CSA |
childhood sexual abuse
|
CSE |
case study evaluation; committee on
special education
|
CSEF |
Center for Special Education Finance
|
CSPD |
comprehensive system of personnel
development
|
CSS |
community support service
|
CTT |
community transition team
|
| |
D | |
D&E |
diagnosis and evaluation
|
DAP |
developmentally appropriate
practices |
DARTS |
day and residential treatment
services
|
DAS |
developmental apraxia of speech
|
DB; DBL |
deaf-blind
|
DCD |
developmental coordination disorder
|
D |
deaf
|
DD |
developmental disabilities;
developmentally delayed
|
DDC |
developmental disabilities council
|
DDD |
division of developmental
disabilities
|
DHHAP |
deaf and hard of hearing access
program
|
DHR |
Department of Human Resources
|
DI |
direct instruction
|
DNR |
do not resuscitate
|
DoDDS |
US Dept. of Defense Dependent
Schools
|
DOE |
Department of Education
|
DON |
determination of need
|
DREDF |
Disability Rights Education and
Defense Fund
|
DRG |
diagnostically related groups
|
DS |
direction service
|
DSM |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
(for Mental
Disorders)
|
| |
E | |
EBD |
emotional and behavioral disorders
|
EC |
early childhood; exceptional
child[ren]
|
ECE |
early childhood education
|
ECI |
early childhood
intervention |
ECSE |
early childhood special education
|
ECT |
early childhood team
|
ED |
emotionally disturbed; emotional
disorders; US Department of
Education
|
EDGAR |
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations
|
EEs |
essential elements |
EEN |
exceptional education needs
|
EFA |
experimental functional analysis
|
EHA |
Education for All Handicapped
Children Act (since 1990,
known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA])
|
EI |
early intervention
|
EI/ECSE |
early intervention/early childhood
special education
|
ELL |
English language learner
|
EMDR |
eye movement desensitization and
reprocessing
|
EMH |
educable mentally handicapped
|
EMR |
educably mentally retarded
|
EMT |
emergency medical treatment
|
EPSDT |
early periodic screening
diagnosis and treatment program
|
EQ |
exceptional quality |
ERC |
education resource center
|
ERIC |
Educational Resources Information
Center
|
ESA |
education service agency
|
ESC |
education service center |
ESD |
education service district
|
ESE |
exceptional student education
|
ESEA |
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act
|
ESL |
English as a second language
|
ESOL |
English for speakers of other
languages
|
ETP |
effective teaching practices |
ESY |
extended school year
|
EYS |
extended year services (ECSE)
|
| |
F | |
FAIP |
functional assessment and
intervention program
|
FAPE |
free appropriate public education
|
FAST |
functional academic skills test |
FBA |
functional behavior assessment
|
FC |
facilitated communication; foster
care
|
FDAB |
Fair Dismissal Appeals Board
|
FERPA |
Family Educational Rights to
Privacy Act (aka the
Buckley Amendment)
|
FIPSA |
Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education
|
FLSA |
Fair Labor Standards Act
|
FMLA |
Family Medical Leave Act
|
FR |
Federal Register
|
FSA |
Family Support Act
|
FSHA |
first source hiring agreement
|
FSD |
flexible service delivery model
|
FTE |
full-time equivalent
|
FY |
fiscal year
|
| |
G | |
GAPS |
guardianship, advocacy, and
protective services
|
GSE |
generic special education |
GT |
gifted and talented
|
| |
H | |
HBCU |
historically black colleges and
universities
|
HI |
health impaired; hearing impaired
|
HOH |
hard of hearing
|
HOTS |
higher-order thinking skills |
HS |
head start; high school
|
HSC |
high school completion
|
| |
I | |
IASA |
Improving America's Schools Act
|
IAES |
interim alternative educational setting
|
ICC |
interagency coordinating council
|
ICD |
international code of diseases
|
ICDP |
individual career development plans
|
ICF |
intermediate care facility
|
ICFMR |
intermediate care facility for
mental retardation
|
IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act
|
IDELR |
Individuals with Disabilities
Education Law Report
(from LRP Pubs.)
|
IED |
intermittent explosive disorder
|
IEE |
independent education evaluation
|
IEP |
individualized education program
|
IEPC |
individualized educational planning committee
|
IEU |
intermediate educational unit
|
IFA |
individualized functional
assessment
|
IFSP |
individualized family service plan
|
IHE |
institution of higher education
|
IHCP |
individualized health care plan
|
IHO |
impartial hearing officer
|
IHP |
individualized habilitation program
or plan
|
IHTP |
individualized habilitation and
treatment plan
|
ILC |
independent living center
|
ILP |
independent living plan
|
ILT |
instructional leadership training |
IMC |
instructional materials center
|
IML |
instructional materials laboratory
|
IPE |
individualized plan for employment
|
IPL |
initial program load
|
IPP |
individualized program plan
|
IQ |
intelligence quotient
|
ISP |
individualized service plan
|
ISS |
in school suspension
|
ITH |
intensive training home
|
ITIP |
instructional theory into practice
|
ITP |
individualized transition plan
(similar to IEP) |
|
|
J | |
JDRP |
joint dissemination review panel
|
JOBS |
job opportunities and basic skills
|
JTPA |
Job Training Partnership Act
|
JJAEP |
juvenile justice alternative
education
|
| |
L | |
LA |
language arts |
LD |
learning disabilities; learning
disabled
|
LDA |
Learning Disabilities Association
|
LDP |
language development program
|
LEA |
local education agency
|
LEDS |
law enforcement data system
|
LEP |
limited English proficient
|
LICC |
local interagency coordinating
council
|
LIFE |
living in functional environments |
LoF |
Letter of Finding issued by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
|
LPTA |
licensed physical therapy assistant
|
LRE |
least restrictive environment
|
LSSP |
licensed specialist in school
psychology
|
LTCF |
long-term care facility
|
LTCT |
long-term care and treatment
|
| |
M | |
MA |
mental age
|
MBD |
minimal brain dysfunction
|
MBO |
management by objective
|
MDC |
multi-disciplinary conference
|
MDT |
multidisciplinary team; manifest determination team
|
M/ED |
mental or emotional disturbance
|
MESC |
migrant education service center
|
MFCU |
medically fragile children's unit
|
MH |
multiply handicapped
|
MHM |
multihandicapped mainstream
|
MHMR |
mental health mental retardation
|
MI |
multiple intelligences
|
MIS |
management information systems
|
MMR |
mild mental retardation
|
MMS |
mastery management system |
MR |
mentally retarded or mental
retardation
|
MR/DD |
mentally retarded/developmentally
disabled
|
MR/MED |
mentally retarded and mentally or
emotionally disturbed
(sometimes referred to as dual diagnosis)
|
MSDD |
multisystem developmental disorder
|
MSRTS |
migrant student record transfer system
|
MST |
multisystemic therapy
|
| |
N | |
NCES |
National Center for Education
Statistics
|
NCLB; NCLBA |
No Child Left Behind Act
|
NDT |
neurodevelopmental treatment
|
NEA |
National Education Association
|
NICU |
neonatal intensive care unit
|
NSBA |
National School Boards
Association
|
| |
O | |
O&M |
orientation and mobility |
OCD |
obsessive compulsive disorder
|
OCR |
Office of Civil Rights
|
ODAS |
occupational data analysis system
|
ODD |
oppositional defiant disorder
|
OE |
open entries
|
OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development
|
OH |
orthopedically handicapped |
OHI |
other health impairments
|
OMI |
other minorities
|
OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs,
US Department of
Education
|
OT |
occupational therapy/therapist
|
OT/PT |
occupational therapy/physical
therapy
|
| |
P | |
P and A |
protection and advocacy
|
PACER |
parent advocacy coalition for
educational rights center
|
PALS |
peer-assisted learning system
|
PAVE |
parents advocating for vocational
education
|
PCA |
personal care attendant
|
PCD |
perceptual communicative disability
|
PDAS |
professional development and appraisal system
|
PDD |
pervasive development disorder
|
PDD-NOS |
pervasive development
disorder
otherwise specified
|
PEATC |
parent education advocacy
training center
|
PECS |
picture exchange communication
system
|
PEIMS |
public education information management system
|
PEL |
present education level
|
PERS |
public employees retirement system
|
PET |
pupil evaluation team
|
PIC |
private industry council
|
PIQ |
performance IQ
|
PLATO |
programmed logic automatic
teaching operations
|
PLI |
pragmatic language impairment
|
PLOP |
present level of performance
|
PPCD |
preschool program for children with
disabilities
|
PPS |
pupil personnel services
|
PRE-K |
pre-kindergarten
|
PT |
physical therapy/therapist
|
PTA |
physical therapist assistant;
post-traumatic amnesia
|
PTG |
parent teacher group
|
PTSD |
post-traumatic stress disorder
|
PTT |
planning and placement team
|
PVS |
persistent vegetative state;
private vocational schools
|
PY |
project year
|
| |
Q | |
QAFB |
questions about functional behavior
|
QMRP |
qualified mental retardation
professional
|
| |
R | |
RAD |
reactive attachment disorder
|
RCF |
residential care facility
|
RCH |
residential care home
|
RDD |
reading disorder-dyslexia
|
R&D |
research & development
|
REBT |
rational emotive behavior therapy
|
REI |
regular education initiative
|
RFP |
request for proposal
|
RMT |
regional management team
|
RRC |
regional resource centers
|
RSP |
resource specialist (regional term)
|
R&T |
research and training
|
RTC |
residential treatment center
|
RTH |
residential training home
|
RTI |
response to intervention
|
RWQC |
regional workforce quality
committee
|
| |
S | |
SAT |
scholastic aptitude test
|
SBE; SBOE |
state board of education
|
SB L-M |
Stanford-Binet, Form L-M
(language/memory)
|
SBS |
schoolwide behavior supports
|
SDA |
service delivery area
|
SDC |
special day class
|
SDE |
self-directed employment
|
SE |
special education |
SEA |
state education agency; state
education association
|
SECC |
special education child count
|
SECTION 504 |
a part of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 making it
illegal for any organization receiving federal funds to
discriminate against a person solely on the basis of disability
|
SED |
seriously emotionally disturbed
|
SEMS |
special education management system |
SENCO |
special education needs coordinator |
SENG |
supporting the emotional needs of the
gifted
|
SERVE |
secondary education reporting of
vocational enrollment
|
SI |
speech impaired |
SIB |
self-injurious behavior
|
SICC |
state interagency coordinating
council
|
SIG |
state improvement grant
|
SILP |
semi-independent living program
|
SIP |
state improvement plan
|
SIS |
shared information systems
|
SLC |
structured learning center
|
SLD |
specific learning disability
|
SLP |
speech-language pathologist
|
SLPA |
speech-language pathologist
assistant
|
SLR |
state liaison representative
|
SPeNSE |
study of personnel needs in
special education
|
SOL |
standards of learning
|
SOSCF |
state offices for services to
children and families
|
SPD |
semantic pragmatic disorder
|
SPED |
special education
|
SPLD |
semantic pragmatic language disorder
|
SSA |
social security act; SSA Social
Security Administration
|
SSBD |
septimatic screening for behavior
disorders
|
SSD |
social security disability
|
SSDI |
social security disability income
|
SSI |
statewide systemic initiative;
supplemental security income
|
SST |
student study team; student support
team
|
STO |
short-term objective
|
| |
T | |
TAG |
talented and gifted
|
TBI |
traumatic brain injury
|
TDD |
telecommunication devices for the
deaf
|
TESOL |
teachers of English for speakers
of other languages
|
TIP |
teacher improvement process
|
TLC |
therapeutic learning center
|
TMH |
trainable mentally handicapped
|
TMR |
trainably mentally retarded
|
TPP |
transition planning process
|
TOVA |
test of variable attention
|
TTY |
teletypewriter (phone system for
deaf individuals
TDD)
|
| |
U | |
UAF |
university affiliated facility
|
UCE |
university centers for excellence
|
| |
V | |
VAC |
vocational adjustment counselor; vocational adjustment class
|
VCD |
volitional conduct disorder
|
VEDS |
vocational education data systems
|
VI |
visually impaired
|
VRD |
vocational rehabilitation division
|
VSA |
very special arts
|
| |
W | |
WAC |
work activity center
|
WISC-R |
Weschler Intelligence Scale for
Children-Revised
|
WISC-III |
Weschler Intelligence Scale for
Children-Third
Edition
|
WOD |
written output disorder
|
WQC |
workplace quality council
|
WRAP |
wraparound program
|
| |
Y | |
YTP |
youth transition program |