Acronyms - Commonly used Disability and Special Education Acronyms
There are many new/old acronyms used. For your information, the following are most commonly used:
- AAC - Alternative Augmentative Communication
- ABA - Applied Behavioral Analysis
- ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
- ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ADLs - Activities of Daily Living
- AIS - Academic Intervention Services
- APE - Adaptive Physical Education
- ASL - American Sign Language
- AR - Annual Review
- AT - Assistive Technology
- AU - Autism
- AYP - Adequate Yearly Progress
- BIP - Behavioral Intervention Program/Plan
- BOE - Board of Education
- CA - Chronological Age
- CAPD - Central Auditory Processing Disorder
- CC - Closed Captioning
- CEC - Council for Exceptional Children
- CF - Cystic Fibrosis
- CP - Cerebral Palsy
- CPSE - Committee on Preschool Special Education
- CSE - Committee on Special Education
- DB - Deaf-Blind
- DS - Down Syndrome
- ED - Emotional Disability
- EI - Early Intervention
- ELL - English Language Leaner
- 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
- FOIA - Freedom of Information Art
- GE - General Education
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- HOH - Hard of Hearing
- ID - Intellectual Disabilities
- IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- IEE - Independent Educational Evaluation
- IEP - Individualized Education Program
- IESP - Individualized Education Service Plan
- IHO - Impartial Hearing Officer
- LD - Learning Disability
- LEA - Local Education Agency
- LEP - Limited English Proficiency
- LOTE - Language Other Than English
- LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
- MDR - Manifestation Determination Review
- MD - Multiple Disabilities
- MTSS - Multi-Tiered System of Supports
- OCD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- OCR - Office for Civil Rights
- ODD - Oppositional Defiance Disorder
- OHI - Other Health Impairment
- OI - Orthopedic Impairment
- O & M - Orientation & Mobility
- OT - Occupational Therapy
- PBS - Positive Behavioral Supports
- PCA - Personal Care Aide
- PD - Physical Disability
- PDD - Pervasive Development Disability
- PLEP - Present Level of Educational Performance
- PP - Paraprofessional
- PT - Physical Therapy
- RS - Related Services
- RTI - Response to Intervention
- SE - Special Education
- SED - State Education Department
- SI - Sensory Integration
- SLI - Speech/Language Impairment
- SLP - Speech/Language Pathologist
- TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
- TDD - Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
- TTy - Teletypewriter (phone system for individuals with deafness)
- VI - Visual Impairment
- Voc ED - Vocational Education