Short List of Special Education Acronyms

IEP- Individualized Educational Program

S Team- Support Team

CDC- Comprehensive Development Classroom

SDC- Social Development Class

IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

ADA- The Americans with Disabilities Act

OCR- Office of Civil Rights

FERPA- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

LRE- Least Restrictive Environment

FAPE- Free and Appropriate Public Education

FBA- Functional Behavior Assessment

BIP- Behavioral Intervention Plan

OT- Occupational Therapy/Therapist

PT- Physical Therapy/Therapist

SLP- Speech/Language Pathologist

DD- Developmental Delay

OI- Orthopedic Impairment

SP/L- Speech or Language Impairment

VI- Visual Impairment

HI- Hearing Impairment

DB- Deaf-Blindness

AUT- Autism

EBD- Emotional-Behavioral Disability

MR- Mental Retardation

TBI- Traumatic Brain Injury

OHI- Other Health Impairment

MD- Multiple Disabilities

LD- Specific Learning Disabled

ED- Emotionally Disturbed

WJ- Woodcock-Johnson Assessment

CP- Cerebral Palsy

ADD- Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHA- Attention Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder

STEP- Support and Training for Exceptional Parents

CBI- Community Based Instruction

ESL- English as a Second Language

LEP- Limited English Proficient

ASL- American Sign Language

ALD- Assistive Listening Device

FAS- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome