Commonly Used Terms in Special Education and Psychological Services

  •  ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder

     

    ADHD - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

     

    AEP - Alternative Educational Program

     

    AI - Auditory Impairment

     

    ALE - Applied Learning Environment

     

    AMC - Academic Mastery Center

     

    APE - Adapted Physical Education

     

    ARD - Admissions, Review, and Dismissal (Committee)

     

    ATP - Assistive Technology Program

     

    AU - Autism

     

    BASE - Behavior Assistance through Support and Education

     

    BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan

     

    BMC - Behavior Mastery Center/Classroom

     

    CBI - Community Based Instruction

     

    CHILD - Consultative Help for Individual Learning Decisions Process

     

    CMC - Content Mastery Center

     

    CP - Cerebral Palsy

     

    DARS - Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (formerly TRC)

     

    DB - Deaf Blind

     

     

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    DSM -IV Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition)

     

    ECC - Early Childhood Collaboration

     

    ECI - Early Childhood Intervention

     

    ED - Emotional Disturbance

     

    EPS - Employment Placement Specialist

     

    ESYS - Extended School Year Services

     

    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

     
    IEE Independent Educational Evaluation

     

    IEP Individualized Education Program

     

    LAB Learning Lab (see CMC)

     

    LC Local Curriculum

     

    LD Learning Disability

     

    LRE Least Restrictive Environment

     

    MD - Multiple Disabilities

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    NICHY - National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

     

    OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

     

    ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder

     

    OH - Other Health Impairment (also OHI)

     

    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 Assessment of Academic Readiness

     

    STAAR-ALT 2- State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness- Alternative Test

     

    STAAR-Online- State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness- Online Test

     

    TASP - Texas Academic Skills Program

     

    TEA - Texas Education Agency

     

    TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

     

    TLC - The Learning Center

     

    VI - Visual Impairment