Educational Acronyms: - Exceptional Family Resource Center



Educational Acronyms

Acronyms are used in order to abbreviate names or phrases. The disability community is full of acronyms that are used in writing and conversation, and it is important to know what those acronyms stand for.

ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act

AD/HD - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

ADR - Alternate Dispute Resolution

APE - Adapted Physical Education

ASL – American Sign Language

AT - Assistive Technology

AUT - Autism

BD - Behavior Disorder

BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan

BSP - Behavior Support Plan

CAC - Community Advisory Committee

CATS - Career and Transition Services

CBI - Community Based Instruction

CCS - California Children’s Services

CEC - California Education Code 

CEC - Council for Exceptional Children           

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

CMA -California Modified Assessments

CMH - County Mental Health

CSB - California School for the Blind

CSCD - Community Service Center for the Disabled

CSPD - Comprehensive System of Personnel Development

DB - Deaf-Blind

DE - Department of Education

DHH - Deaf and Hard of Hearing

DIS - Designated Instruction and Services

ED - Emotional Disturbance

EDGAR - Education Department General Administrative Regulations

EHA - The Education for All Handicapped Children Act

ESL - English as a Second Language

FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education

FBA – Functional Behavioral Assessment

FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FM - Focused Monitoring

FR - Federal Register

HH - Hard of hearing

HH - Home Hospital

HI - Hearing Impaired

IA - Instructional Assistant

IBT - Instructional/Behavioral Technician

IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IDELR - Individuals With Disabilities Education Law Report

IEE - Independent Educational Evaluation

IEP - Individualized Education Program

IEPT - Individualized Education Program Team

IEU - Intermediate Educational Unit

IFSP - Individualized Family Service Plan

ILS - Integrated Life Skills

IT -Itinerant Teacher

ITP - Individual Transition Plan

IWEN - Individuals With Exceptional Needs

LCI - Licensed Children's Institution

LD - Learning Disabled

LEA - Local Education Agency (school district)

LEP - Limited English Proficiency

LRE - Least Restrictive Environment

LSH - Language, Speech and Hearing

MD - Mentally Disabled

MR - Mentally Retarded

MS - Multiple Sclerosis

NCCSE - North Coastal Consortium for Special Education

NCLB – No Child Left Behind

NPRM - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NPA - Non Public Agency

NPS - Non Public School

O&M - Orientation and Mobility

OCR - Office of Civil Rights (U.S. Dept of Education)

OHI - Other Health Impaired

OI - Orthopedic ally Impaired

OMB - Office of Management and Budget

OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs(U.S. Dept of Education)

OSERS - Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services

OT - Occupational Therapy

PACE - Progressive Alternative Curriculum Environment

PE - Physical Education

PECS - Picture Exchange Communication System

PGT - Program Governance Team

PH - Physically Handicapped

PKU - Phelyketonuria

PLP – Present Level of Performance

PT - Physical Therapy

PWN - Prior Written Notice

QAP - Quality Assurance Process

RSP - Resource Specialist/Resource Specialist Program

SDC - Special Day Class

SDCC - San Diego Center for Children

SDCCD - San Diego Community College District

SDRC - San Diego Regional Center

SEA - State Education Agency

SEEC - Special Education Early Childhood

SELPA - Special Education Local Plan Area

SEPF - Special Education Parent Facilitator

SH - Severely Handicapped

SLD - Specific Learning Disability

SLP - Speech-Language Pathologist

SPED - Special Education

SST - Student Study Team

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury

TBS - Therapeutic Behavior Services

TDD - Telecommunication Device for the Deaf

UDL - Universal Design for Learning

USC - United States Code

VI - Visually Impaired

504 - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download