Special Education Commonly Used Abbreviations & Acronyms
Special Education Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms
Abbreviated Stanford Achievement Test | ASAT |
Activities of Daily Living | ADL |
Adaptive Behavior | AB |
Adaptive Behavior Scale | ABS |
Adapted Physical Education | APE |
American Association on Mental Retardation | AAMR |
Association for Retarded Citizens | ARC |
Americans with Disabilities Act | ADA |
Attention Deficit Disorder | ADD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | ADHD |
Alternative Dispute Resolution | ADR |
American Sign Language | ASL |
Assistive Technology | AT |
Autism Behavior Checklist | ABC |
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education | BESE |
Behavioral Intervention Plan | BIP |
Behavior Support Plan | BSP |
Bilingual Cross-cultural, Language & Academic Development | BCLAD |
California Alternate Performance Assessment | CAPA |
California Children’s Services | CCS |
California Department of Education | CDE |
California English Language Development Test | CELDT |
California High School Exit Exam | CAHSEE |
California School for the Blind | CSB |
Center for Positive Change | CPC |
Cerebral Palsy | CP |
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant | COTA |
Childhood Autism Rating Scale | CARS |
Cognitive Disability | CD |
Community Advisory Committee (Special Education) | CAC SE |
Community-Based Instruction | CBI |
Community Service Center for the Disabled | CSCD |
Council for Exceptional Children | CEC |
County Mental Health | CMH |
Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Development | CLAD |
Department of Rehabilitation | DR |
Department of Social Services | DSS |
Designated Instruction & Services | DIS |
Developmental Delay | DD |
Diagnostic Resource Teacher | DRT |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association | DSM |
Early Childhood | EC |
Early Intervention (Infants and Toddlers) | EI |
Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment | EPSDT |
Employability Counseling Services | ECS |
English Language Learner | ELL |
English Learner | EL |
English for Limited -English -Proficient Students | ELEPS |
Elementary and Secondary Education Act | ESEA |
English as a Second Language | ESL |
Extended School Year | ESY |
Fluent -English Proficient | FEP |
Free Appropriate Public Education | FAPE |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | FAS |
Functional Behavioral Assessment | FBA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act | FERPA |
Freedom of Information Act | FOIA |
Hearing Impairment | HI |
Health and Human Services Agency | HHSA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | HIPPA |
Hearing Officer | HO |
Home Language Survey | HLS |
Idea Proficiency Test | IPT |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | IDEA |
Independent Educational Evaluation | IEE |
Individual Education Program/Plan | IEP |
Individualized Service Plans | ISP |
Instructional/Behavioral Technician | IBT |
Intelligence Quotient | IQ |
Integrated Life Skills | ILS |
Interdistrict Attendance Agreement | IAA |
Interdistrict Attendance Permit | IAP |
Interim Alternative Education Setting | IAES |
Juvenile Court and Community Schools | JCCS |
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children | K-ABC |
Language Development Specialist | LDS |
Language, Speech and Hearing | LSH |
Least Restrictive Environment | LRE |
Learning Disabilities Association | LDA |
Location Education Agency | LEA |
Licensed Children’s Institution | LCI |
Limited English Proficient | LEP |
Manifestation Determination | MD |
Mental Retardation | MR |
Movement Opportunities Via Education | MOVE |
Multiple Disabilities | MD |
Multi -Agency Referral Review Team | MARRT |
Nonpublic Agency | NPA |
Nonpublic School | NPS |
Orientation and Mobility | O&M |
Obsessive -Compulsive Disorder | OCD |
Occupational Therapy/Therapist | OT |
Office for Civil Rights | OCR |
Oppositional Defiant Disorder | ODD |
Outreach and Early Intervention Project | OEIP |
Overall Proficiency Levels | OPL |
Parentally Placed Private School Students | PPPSS |
Personalized Assistive Technology Hub | PATH |
Physical Education | PE |
Physical Therapy/Therapist | PT |
Positive Behavior Supports | PBS |
Progressive Academic Curriculum Enrichment | PACE |
Residential Treatment Center | RTC |
Response to Intervention | RTI |
Sacramento City Schools | SCS |
Sacramento County Office of Education | SCOE |
Sacramento Oral Assessment Instrument | SOAI |
Sacramento City Unified School District | SCUSD |
Scholastic Aptitude Test | SAT |
School Attendance Review Board | SARB |
School -Initiated Placement | SIT |
School-to-Work Transition Assistant | STWTA |
Schoolwide Applications Mode | SAM |
Sensory Behavioral Integration | SBI |
Services for Pre-Primary Age Children | SPPAC |
Social Worker | SW |
Social Security Number | SSN |
Special Education | SE |
Special Education Assist | SEA |
Special Education Early Childhood | SEEC |
Special Education Hearing Office | SEHO |
Special Education Limited English Proficient | SELEP |
Special Education Local Planning Area | SELPA |
Special Education Division | SPED |
Special Education Parent Facilitator | SEPF |
Special Education Service Plan | SESP |
Special Education Technician | SET |
Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English | SDAIE |
Speech/Language Pathologist | SLP |
Standardized Testing and Report Program | STAR |
State Educational Agency | SEA |
Student Apprenticeship Program | SAP |
Student Information System | SIS |
Student Study Team | SST |
Successful Transitions Achieved Through Responsive Support | STARS |
Supplemental Security Income | SSI |
Traumatic Brain Injury | TBI |
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf | TDD |
Teletypewriter | TY |
Tourette Syndrome | TS |
Transition Partnership Program (Project GOLD) | TPP |
Transition Plan | TP |
Transition Resources for Adult Community Education | TRACE |
United Cerebral Palsy | UCP |
U.S. Department of Education | DOE |
Vocation Education | VE |
Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program | VEEP |
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor | VRC |
Visual Impairment | VI |
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children | WISC |
Program for Women, Infants and Children (Federal Grant) | WIC |
Youth Opportunities Unlimited | YOU |