ACROYNMS
ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder
AD/HD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
APE – Adapted physical Education
APE – Adapted physical Education
APR – Annual Periodic Review
AU – Autistic
AYP- Adequate Yearly Progress
BIP – Behavior Intervention Plan
CD – Cognitive Disability
D - Deaf/Hearing Handicapped
DB – Deaf-Blind
DD – Developmental Delay
ED – Emotionally Disturbed
ETR – Evaluation Team Report
FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA – Functional Behavior Assessment
GE – General Education
GT – Gifted and Talented
HH – Hearing Handicapped
HI – Home Instruction
HQT – Highly Qualified Teacher
IAT – Intervention Assistance Team
I.D.E.A. – Individuals with Disabilities Act
IEP – Individual Education Program
ISGI – Individual or Small Group Instruction
ITP – Individual Transition Plan
JSO – Juvenile Sexual Offender
LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
MD – Multiple Disabilities (new term)
MFE – Multifactored Evaluation
MH – Multiple Handicapped (old term)
MR – Mentally Retarded
NCLP – No Child Left Behind
OH – Orthopedically Handicapped
OHI – Other Health Impaired
OI – Orthopedically Impaired
O & M – Orientation and Mobility
OT – Occupational Therapy
PDD – Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PLOP – Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PSE – Preschool Special Education
PT – Physical Therapy
RAD – Reactive Attachment Disorder
RR – Resource Room
SBH – Severe Behavioral handicapped (old term)
SC – Self-Contained
SED – Severe Emotional Disturbance ( new term)
SF – Separate Facility
SFA – Success for All (Reading Program)
SH – Speech Handicapped
SLD – Specific Learning Disability
SLP – Speech/Language Pathologist
SP – Speech
TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
VI – Visually Impaired
WS – Work Study
ACRONYMS BY CATEGORIES
DISABILITIES/ELIGIBILITY
PSE
DD
TBI
GT
AU
ED
HH
CD
SP
SLD
MR
DB
MD
OH
OHI
VI
LEGAL TERMS
FAPE
LRE
MFE
IEP
RELATED SERVICES
OT
PT
O&M
APE
WS
SP
SERVICES TYPES/LOCATION
RE
RR
SC
ISGI
LRE
SF
HI
Disability Codes ~ Special Education
1. MD ~ Multiple Disabilities
2. DB ~ Deaf/Blind
3. D ~ Deafness and HI ~ Hearing Impaired
4. VI ~ Visually Impaired
5. SH ~ Speech/Language Impairment
6. OI ~ Orthopedic Impairment
8. ED ~ Emotionally Disturbed
9. CD ~ Cognitive Disability ~ Mental Retardation
10. SLD ~ Specific Learning Disability
12. AU ~ Autism
13. TBI ~ Traumatic Brain Injury
14. OHI ~ Other Health Impaired ~ Major
15. OHI ~ Other Health Impaired ~ Minor
16. DD ~ Developmentally Delayed (Ages 3-5)
AA ~ Alternate Assessment