ACRONYMS
ABA - Applied Behavior Analysis
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADL - Activities of Daily Living
AI - Auditorily Impaired
APE - Adapted Physical Education
AR - Annual Review
AT - Assistive Technology
AUT - Autistic
BD - Behavior Disorder
BDI - Battelle Developmental Inventory
BIP - Behavioral Intervention Plan
BOE - Board of Education
CA - Chronological Age
CBI - Community Based Instruction
CPI - Crisis Prevention Institute
CI - Communication Impaired
CST - Child Study Team
DCP&P - Department of Child Protection and Permanency (formerly DYFS)
DDD - Department of Developmental Disabilities
DOE - Department of Education
DVR - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
ED - Emotionally Disturbed
EI - Early Intervention
ELL - English Language Learner (previously ESL)
ESERS - Eligible for Special Education and Related Services
ESLS - Eligible for Speech Language Services
ESY - Extended School Year
FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education
FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FBA - Functional Behavioral Assessment
HI - Hearing Impaired
HOH - Hard of Hearing
ID - Intellectually Disabled
IDEIA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
IEE - Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP - Individualized Education Program
IFSP - Individualized Family Service Plan
LD - Learning Disability
LEA - Local Education Agency
LEP - Limited English Proficient
LLD - Language and Learning Disabled
LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
MD - Multiply Disabled
OCR - Office of Civil Rights
OHI - Other Health Impaired
OI - Orthopedically Impaired
OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs
OT - Occupational Therapy
PCD - Preschool Child with a Disability
PLAAFP - Present Level of Academic Achievement & Functional Performance
PSD - Preschool Disability
PT - Physical Therapy
RTI - Response to Intervention
SEA - State Education Agency
SLD - Specific Learning Disability
TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
VI - Visually Impaired
WPPSI - Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
WISC - Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children