| ABA |
Applied Behavior Analysis |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| ADD; AD/HD; ADHD; ADD/In |
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; ADD
Inattentive |
| AHEAD |
Association on Higher Education and
Disabilities |
| AP |
Advanced Placement |
| AP; APD |
Auditory Processing Disorder |
| ARD |
Admission, Review, and Dismissal (Committee) |
| AS |
Asperger's Syndrome |
| ASL |
American Sign Language |
| AT |
Assistive Technology |
BIP;
BMP |
Behavior Intervention Plan; Behavior Management
Plan |
| BOE |
Board of Education |
| CAP; CAPD |
Central Auditory Processing Disorder |
| CAST |
Center for Applied Special Technology |
| CBA |
Curriculum-Based Assessment |
| CCLD |
Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities |
| CEC |
Council for Exceptional Children |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CHADD |
Children and Adults with
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| COPAA |
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates |
| CPSE |
Committee on Preschool Special Education |
| CSE |
Committee on Special Education |
| CST |
Child Study Team |
| DCD |
Developmental Coordination Disorder |
| DD |
Developmentally Disabled; Developmentally
Delayed |
| DOH |
Department of Health |
DSM-IV;
DSM-IV-TR |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders - fourth edition;
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - fourth
edition, text revision |
| DSS |
Disability Support Services |
| EBD |
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders |
| ECDC |
Early Childhood Development Center |
| ED |
Emotionally Disturbed |
| EDGAR |
Education Department General Administrative
Regulations |
| EH |
Emotionally Handicapped |
| ELL |
English Language Learner |
| ERIC |
Educational Resources Information Center |
| ESL |
English as Second Language |
| ESY |
Extended School Year Services |
| ETS |
Educational Testing Service |
| FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| fMRI |
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| FSP |
Family Support Plan |
| GATE |
Gifted and Talented Education |
| GE |
General Education |
| GED |
General Education Diploma |
| GPA |
Grade Point Average |
| GT/LD |
Gifted and Talented with Learning Disabilties |
| HI |
Hearing Impaired |
| HOH |
Hard of Hearing |
| HS |
High School |
| IDA |
International Dyslexia Association |
| IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEE |
Independent Educational Evaluation |
| IEP |
Individualized Education Program |
| IEPT |
Individualized Education Program Team |
| ITP |
Individual Transition Plan |
| IQ |
Intelligence Quotient |
| K-12 |
Kindergarten through 12th Grade |
| LEA |
Local Education Agency |
| LBLP;LiPS; LMB;LM-B |
Lindamood-Bell Language Program |
| LD |
Learning Disability |
| LDA |
Learning Disability Association |
| LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
| MBD |
Minimal Brain Dysfunction |
| MDT |
Multidisciplinary Team |
| MH |
Multiply Handicapped |
| MR |
Mental Retardation |
| MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MS |
Middle School |
| NCLB |
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 |
| NCLD |
National Center for Learning Disabilities |
| NICHCY |
National Dissemination Center for Children with
Disabilities formerly National Information Center for Children and
Youth with Disabilities |
| NICHD |
National Institute for Child Health and Human
Development |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NILD |
National Institute for Learning Disabilities |
| NIMH |
National Institutes of Mental Health |
| NLD;NVLD |
Nonverbal Learning Disability |
| OCD |
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
| OCR |
Office for Civil Rights |
| ODD |
Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| OG; O-G |
Orton Gillingham [reading method] |
| OHI |
Other Health Impaired |
| OMRDD |
Office of Mentally Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities |
| OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs |
| OSERS |
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services |
| OT |
Occupational Therapist; Occupational Therapy |
| P & A |
Protection and Advocacy |
| PAC |
Parent Advisory Committee |
| PACER |
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational
Rights |
| PDA |
Personal Data Assistant |
| PDD; PDD-NOS |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder; Pervasive
Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified |
| PSAT |
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| PT |
Physical Therapist; Physical Therapy |
| PTA |
Parent-Teacher Association |
| PTI |
Parent Training and Information (Center) |
| PTSD |
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| RFBD |
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic |
| RSP |
Resource Specialist Program |
| SAT |
Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| SD |
School District |
| SED |
State Education Department; Severely Emotionally
Disturbed |
| SI |
Sensory Integration |
| SLD |
Specific Learning Disability |
| SLP |
Speech and Language Program |
| SMT |
Simultaneous Multisensory Teaching |
| SP/Lang, SP/LG |
Speech and Language |
| SPED |
Special Education |
| SSI |
Supplemental Security Income (related to Social
Security) |
| SST |
Student Study Team |
| TESOL |
Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Languages |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator [website address] |
| V/V |
Verbalization/Visualization |
| WIAT |
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test |
| WISC; WISCIII; WISCIV |
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
| WJ; WJ-III, WJIII; WJ-4; WJ4 |
Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery |