• SPECIAL EDUCATION : GLOSSARY

    COMMONLY USED ACRONYMS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

    (not an exhaustive list)

    ADA

    Americans with Disabilities Act

    ADHD

    Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Type 1, Type 2, or Combined Type)

    AEP

    Alternative Education Program

    AI

    Auditory Impairment

    APE

    Adapted Physical Education

    ARD

    Admission, Review and Dismissal 

    AU

    Autism

    BIP

    Behavior Intervention Plan

    CBI

    Community Based Instruction

    CHILD

    Consultative Help for Individual Learning Decisions

    CP

    Cerebral Palsy

    DARS

    Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services 

    DB

    Deaf Blind

    DNQ

    Does Not Qualify

    DSM-5

    Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Addition

    ECC

    Early Childhood Collaboration

    ECI

    Early Childhood Intervention

    ED

    Emotional Disturbance

    EISD

    Ennis Independent School District

    EOC

    End Of Course (exam)

    ESY

    Extended School Year

    FAPE

    Free Appropriate Public Education

    FBA

    Functional Behavior Assessment

    FERPA

    Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

    FIE

    Full and Individual Evaluation

    IA

    Instructional Assistant

    ID

    Intellectual Disability

    IDEA

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004 Reauthorization)

    IEE

    Independent Educational Evaluation

    IEP

    Individualized Education Plan

    LD

    Learning Disability

    LRE

    Least Restrictive Environment

    LSSP

    Licensed Specialist in School Psychology

    MD

    Multiple Disabilities

    NICHY

    National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

    OCD

    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    ODD

    Oppositional Defiant Disorder

    OH

    Other Health Impairment

    OI

    Orthopedic Impairment

    O&M

    Orientation and Mobility

    OJT

    On the Job Training

    OT

    Occupational Therapy

    PAC

    Parent Advisory Committee

    PDD

    Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Autism Spectrum)

    PPCD

    Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities

    PT

    Physical Therapy

    REACH

    Resource for Parents of Children with Autism

    RDSPD

    Regional Day School Program for the Deaf

    RTI

    Response to Intervention

    SI

    Speech Impairment

    SLP

    Speech Language Pathologist

    STAAR

    State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness

    STAAR-ALT2

    State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness-Alternate 2nd Edition

    TB

    Traumatic Brain Injury

    TEA

    Texas Education Agency

    TEKS

    Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

    VI

    Visual Impairment