Special Education Acronyms
SPECIAL EDUCATION ACRONYMS:
ABA – Applied Behavioral Analysis
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD/ADHD/AD/HD – Attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ALJ – Administrative law judge
AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress
BD – Behavior Disorder
BIP/BMP – behavioral intervention plan/behavior management plan
CFR- Code of Federal Regulations
CRP – Complaint Resolution Procedure
DP – Due process
DSM-IV – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 4th Edition
ED- U.S. Department of Education
ED – Emotional disturbance/emotionally disturbed
EDGAR –Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EHA –Education of the Handicapped Act (now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
ESL – English as a second language
ESY –Extended school year
FAPE – Free appropriate public education
FBA – Functional behavior assessment
FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FPCO – Family Policy Compliance Office
IAES/IAEP – Interim alternative educational setting/interim alternative educational placement
IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Act
IEE – Independent educational evaluation
IEP – Individualized education program
IEU/IU – Intermediate Education Unit
IFSP – Individualized family services plan
IHO – Impartial Hearing Officer
ISS – In-school suspension
LD –Learning disability/learning disabled
LEA – Local educational agency
LEP – Limited English proficiency
LOF – Letters of findings
LRE – Least restrictive environment
MD/MDR – Manifestation determination/manifestation determination review
MDT – Multidisciplinary team
NAEP – National assessment of educational process
NCLB – No child left behind (Act of 2001)
OCD- Obsessive compulsive disorder
OCR – Office for Civil rights
ODD – Oppositional defiant disorder
OHI- Other health impaired
OSEP – Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS – Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT – Occupational therapy
PART B – Pat B of the IDEA (State Grants Program)
PART C – Part of the IDEA (Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program) (Formerly Part H)
PDD – Pervasive development disorder
PT – Physical therapy
RM – Resolution meetinging
RTI – Response to intervention
SBR – Scientifically based research
SEA – State educational agency
SECTION 504 – Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
SECTION 1983 – 42 USC 1983
SED – Serious emotional disturbance
SLD – Specific learning disability
SRO – State review officer
TEACCH – Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communications and Handicapped Children
TITLE 1 – Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
USC –United States Code
ABA – Applied Behavioral Analysis
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD/ADHD/AD/HD – Attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
ALJ – Administrative law judge
AYP – Adequate Yearly Progress
BD – Behavior Disorder
BIP/BMP – behavioral intervention plan/behavior management plan
CFR- Code of Federal Regulations
CRP – Complaint Resolution Procedure
DP – Due process
DSM-IV – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – 4th Edition
ED- U.S. Department of Education
ED – Emotional disturbance/emotionally disturbed
EDGAR –Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EHA –Education of the Handicapped Act (now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
ESL – English as a second language
ESY –Extended school year
FAPE – Free appropriate public education
FBA – Functional behavior assessment
FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FPCO – Family Policy Compliance Office
IAES/IAEP – Interim alternative educational setting/interim alternative educational placement
IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Act
IEE – Independent educational evaluation
IEP – Individualized education program
IEU/IU – Intermediate Education Unit
IFSP – Individualized family services plan
IHO – Impartial Hearing Officer
ISS – In-school suspension
LD –Learning disability/learning disabled
LEA – Local educational agency
LEP – Limited English proficiency
LOF – Letters of findings
LRE – Least restrictive environment
MD/MDR – Manifestation determination/manifestation determination review
MDT – Multidisciplinary team
NAEP – National assessment of educational process
NCLB – No child left behind (Act of 2001)
OCD- Obsessive compulsive disorder
OCR – Office for Civil rights
ODD – Oppositional defiant disorder
OHI- Other health impaired
OSEP – Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS – Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT – Occupational therapy
PART B – Pat B of the IDEA (State Grants Program)
PART C – Part of the IDEA (Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program) (Formerly Part H)
PDD – Pervasive development disorder
PT – Physical therapy
RM – Resolution meetinging
RTI – Response to intervention
SBR – Scientifically based research
SEA – State educational agency
SECTION 504 – Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
SECTION 1983 – 42 USC 1983
SED – Serious emotional disturbance
SLD – Specific learning disability
SRO – State review officer
TEACCH – Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communications and Handicapped Children
TITLE 1 – Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
USC –United States Code