AAD

Adaptive Assistive Devices

AAMR

American Association on Mental Retardation

AAT

Advanced Academic Training

ABA

Applied Behavior Analysis

ABD

Antisocial Behavior Disorders

ABE

Adult Basic Education

AC

Alternative Certification

ACLC

Assessment of Children̡nguage Comprehension

ACLD

Association for Children with Learning Disabilities

ACROS

Automated Cross Referencing Occupational System

ACT

American College Testing

AD

Aspergerĩsorder; Attachment Disorder

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act; Average Daily Attendance

ADC

Aid to Dependent Children

ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

ADL

Activities of Daily Living

ADM

Average Daily Membership

ADR

Alternative Dispute Resolution

ADVOC-NET

Adult Vocational Network

AE

Age Equivalent

AEA

Acquired Eleptiform Aphasia (Landau-Kleffner Syndrome)

AEP

Alternative Education Placement

AFDC

Aid to Families with Dependent Children

AFS

Adult and Family Services

AG

Annual Goal

AHSD

Adult High School Diploma

AI

Auditory Impairment

AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIT

Agency for Instructional Technology

ALEM

Adaptive Learning Environments Model

ALO

Alternative Learning Options

ALS

Advanced Life Support

AMD

Alternative Mobility Device

AP

Advanced Placement

APD

Antisocial Personality Disorder

APE

Adaptive Physical Education

APPE

Average Per Pupil Expenditure

APS

Adult Protective Services

ARC

Association for Retarded Citizens

ARD

Admission, Review, and Dismissal

ARP

Advisory Review Panel

AS

Aspergerӹndrome

ASC

Advanced Study Center

ASL

American Sign Language

ASR

Active Student Response

AT

Assistive Technology

ATC

Area Technical Center; Alternative Teacher Certification

ATCP

Alternative Teacher Certification Program

AU; AUT

Autistic; Autism

AVTI

Area Vocational Technical Institute

BAC

Behavior Adjustment Class

BASIS

Basic Adult Skills Inventory System

BD

Behaviorally Disordered; Behavior Disorders; Brain Damaged

BEP

Behavioral Education Plan

BEST

Basic Education Study Team

BETAC

Bilingual Education Technical Assistance Centers

BI

Brain Injury

BIA

Brain Injury Association; Bureau of Indian Affairs

BIL

Bilingual

BIP

Behavior Intervention Plan

BLS

Basic Life Support

BMP

Behavior Management Plan

BOCES

Board of Comprehensive Education Services (New York)

BOE

Board of Education

BVMGT

Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test

CA

Chronological Age

CAI

Computer-Assisted Instruction

CAM

Certificate of Advanced Mastery

CAP

Control Auditory Processing

CAPD

Control Auditory Processing Disorders

CARF

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

CAT

Childrenpperception Test

CAT

Committee on Accessible Transportation

CAT Scan

Computerized Axial Tomography Scan

CBA

Curriculum Based Assessment

CBM

Curriculum Based Measurement

CC

Cross Categorical

CCCS (NJ)

Core Curriculum Content Standards (New Jersey)

CCD

Consortium on Citizens with Disabilities

CD

Communication Development; Conduct Disorder

CDA

Child Development Associate

CDC

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

CDRC

Child Development and Rehabilitation Center

CDS

Child Development Specialist

CEC

Council for Exceptional Children

CFLA

Community and Family Living Amendments

CFL-ALEM

Community for Learning - Adaptive Learning Environments Model

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CHAP

Child Health Assurance Program

CHD

Center on Human Development

CHI

Closed Head Injury

CIL

Center for Independent Living

CIM

Certificate of Initial Mastery

CLAS

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

CLD

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

CMHC

Community Mental Health Center

CMHP

Community Mental Health Program

CMI

Chronically Mentally Ill

CNS

Central Nervous System

CNS

Central Nervous System

COTA

Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant

CP

Cerebral Palsy

CPPC

Cooperative Personnel Planning Council

CPSE

Committee on Preschool Special Education

CSA

Childhood Sexual Abuse

CSE

Case Study Evaluation; Committee on Special Education

CSEF

Center for Special Education Finance

CSPD

Comprehensive System of Personnel Development

CSS

Community Support Service

CST

Child Study Team

CTT

Community Transition Team

CVS

Chorion Villus Sampling

D

Deaf

D & E

Diagnosis and Evaluation

DAP

Draw A Person Test

DAP

Developmentally Appropriate Practices

DARTS

Day and Residential Treatment Services

DAS

Developmental Apraxia of Speech

dB

Decibel

DB; DBL

Deaf-Blind

DCD

Developmental Coordination Disorder

DD

Developmental Disabilities; Developmentally Delayed

DDC

Developmental Disabilities Council

DDD

Division of Developmental Disabilities

DDST

Denver Developmental Screening Test

DE

Department of Education

DHHAP

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access Program

DHR

Department of Human Resources

DI

Direct Instruction

DNR

Do Not Resuscitate

DO

Doctor of Osteopathy

DoDDS

U.S. Dept. of Defense Dependent Schools

DOE

Department of Education

DON

Determination of Need

DQ

Developmental Quotient

DREDF

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

DRG

Diagnostically Related Groups

DRO

Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior

DS

Direction Service

DSM-IV

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Ed.)

DTLA-3

Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude, Third Edition

EBD

Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

EC

Exceptional Child[ren]

ECE

Early Childhood Education

ECG; EKG

Electrocardiogram

ECI

Early Childhood Intervention

ECSE

Early Childhood Special Education

ECT

Early Childhood Team

ED

Emotionally Disturbed; Emotional Disorders; Department of Education

Ed.D.

Doctor of Education

Ed.S.

Specialist In Education

EDGAR

Education Department General Administrative Regulations

EEG

Electroencephalogram

EEN

Exceptional Education Needs

EEs

Essential Elements

EFA

Experimental Functional Analysis

EHA

Education for All Handicapped Children Act

EI

Early Intervention

EI/ECSE

Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education

ELL

English Language Learner

EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

EMH

Educable - Mentally Handicapped

EMR

Educable - Mentally Retarded

EMT

Emergency Medical Treatment

EPSDT

Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment Program

EQ

Exceptional Quality

ERC

Education Resource Center

ERIC

Educational Resources Information Center

ESA

Education Service Agency

ESC

Education Service Center

ESD

Education Service District

ESE

Exceptional Student Education

ESEA

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

ESL

English As A Second Language

ESOL

English for Speakers of Other Languages

ESY

Extended School Year

ETP

Effective Teaching Practices

EYS

Extended Year Services

FAE

Fetal Alcohol Effects

FAIP

Functional Assessment and Intervention Program

FAPE

Free Appropriate Public Education

FAS

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

FAST

Functional Academic Skills Test

FBA

Functional Behavior Assessment

FC

Facilitated Communication; Foster Care

FDAB

Fair Dismissal Appeals Board

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FIPSA

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

FLSA

Fair Labor Standards Act

FMLA

Family Medical Leave Act

fq

Frequency (Hearing Measurement)

FR

Federal Register

FSA

Family Support Act

FSD

Flexible Service Delivery Model

FSHA

First Source Hiring Agreement

FTE

Full-Time Equivalent

FY

Fiscal Year

GAPS

Guardianship, Advocacy, and Protective Services

GE

Grade Equivalent

GFW

Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination

GSE

Generic Special Education

GT

Gifted and Talented

HBCU

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

HCFA

Health Care Financing Administration

HH

Hard of Hearing

HI

Health Impaired; Hearing Impaired

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HOH

Hard of Hearing

HOTS

Higher-Order Thinking Skills

HS

Head Start; High School

HSC

High School Completion

HTL

Hearing Threshold Level

HTP

House-Tree-Person Test

Hz

Hertz (Hearing Measurement)

IAES

Interim Alternative Educational Setting

IASA

Improving America's Schools Act

ICC

Interagency Coordinating Council

ICD

International Code of Diseases

ICDP

Individual Career Development Plans

ICF

Intermediate Care Facility

ICF/MR

Intermediate Care Facility for Mentally Retarded Persons

IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IDELR

Individuals with Disabilities Education Law Report

IDT

Inter-Disciplinary Plan

IED

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

IEE

Independent Education Evaluation

IEP

Individualized Education Program

IEPC

Individualized Educational Planning Committee

IEU

Intermediate Educational Unit

IFA

Individualized Functional Assessment

IFSP

Individualized Family Service Plan

IHCP

Individualized Health Care Plan

IHE

Institution of Higher Education

IHO

Impartial Hearing Officer

IHP

Individualized Habilitation Program

IHTP

Individualized Habilitation and Treatment Plan

ILC

Independent Living Center

ILP

Independent Living Plan

ILT

Instructional Leadership Training

IMC

Instructional Materials Center

IML

Instructional Materials Laboratory

IPE

Individualized Plan for Employment

IPL

Initial Program Load

IPP

Individualized Program Plan

IQ

Intelligence Quotient

ISP

Individualized Service Plan

ISS

In-School Suspension

ITH

Intensive Training Home

ITIP

Instructional Theory Into Practice

ITP

Individualized Transition Plan

ITPA

Illinois Tests of Psycholinguistic Abilities

JDRP

Joint Dissemination Review Panel

JJAEP

Juvenile Justice Alternative Education

JOBS

Job Opportunities and Basic Skills

JTPA

Job Training Partnership Act

LA

Learning Aptitude

LA

Language Arts

LD

Learning Disabilities; Learning Disabled

LDA

Learning Disabilities Association

LDAA

Learning Disabilities Association of America

LDP

Language Development Program

LDTC

Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultant

LEA

Local Education Agency (School District)

LEDS

Law Enforcement Data System

LEP

Limited English Proficient

LICC

Local Interagency Coordinating Council

LIFE

Living In Functional Environments

LoF

Letter of Finding (Issued By the Office for Civil Rights)

LPR

Local Percentile Rank

LPTA

Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant

LRE

Least Restrictive Environment

LSSP

Licensed Specialist In School Psychology

LTCF

Long-Term Care Facility

LTCT

Long-Term Care and Treatment

M.A.

Master of Arts

M.A.T.

Master of Arts In Teaching

M.Ed.

Master of Education

M/ED

Mental or Emotional Disturbance

MA

Mental Age

MBD

Minimal Brain Dysfunction

MBO

Management By Objective

MD

Doctor of Medicine

MDC

Multi-Disciplinary Conference

MDT

Multidisciplinary Team; Manifestation Determination Team

MESC

Migrant Education Service Center

MFCU

Medically Fragile Children's Unit

MH

Multiply Handicapped

MHM

Multiply Handicapped Mainstream

MHMR

Mental Health/Mental Retardation

MI

Mentally Ill; Multiple Intelligences

MIS

Management Information Systems

MMPI

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

MMR

Mild Mental Retardation

MMS

Mastery Management System

MR

Mentally Retarded; Mental Retardation

MSDD

Multisystem Developmental Disorder

MSRTS

Migrant Student Record Transfer System

MST

Multisystemic Therapy

MVPT

Motor-Free Visual Perception Test

NCES

National Center for Education Statistics

NCLD

National Center for Learning Disabilities

NDT

Neurodevelopmental Treatment

NEA

National Education Association

NICU

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

NJAC

New Jersey Administrative Code

NPR

National Percentile Rank

NPRM

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NSBA

National School Boards Association

O & M

Orientation and Mobility

OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OCR

Office of Civil Rights

ODAS

Occupational Data Analysis System

ODD

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OE

Open Entries

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OH

Orthopedically Handicapped

OHI

Other Health Impairments

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OMI

Other Minorities

OSEP

Office of Special Education Programs

OSERS

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

OT

Occupational Therapy/Therapist

P & A

Protection and Advocacy

PACER

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights Center

PALS

Peer-Assisted Learning System

PAVE

Parents Advocating for Vocational Education

PCA

Personal Care Attendant

PCD

Perceptual Communicative Disability

PDAS

Professional Development and Appraisal System

PDD

Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PDD-NOS

Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified

PE

Physical Education

PEATC

Parent Education Advocacy Training Center

PECS

Picture Exchange Communication System

PEIMS

Public Education Information Management System

PEL

Present Education Level

PERS

Public Employees Retirement System

PET

Pupil Evaluation Team

PET Scan

Positron Emission Tomography Scan

Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

PHC

Pupils with Handicapping Conditions

PIAT

Peabody Individual Achievement Test

PIC

Private Industry Council

PINS

Person In Need of Supervision

PIP

Professional Improvement Plan

PIQ

Performance IQ

PKU

Phenylketonuria

PLA

Psycholinguistic Age

PLATO

Programmed Logic Automatic Teaching Operations

PLEP; PLOP

Present Level of Educational Performance

PPCD

Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities

PPS

Pupil Personnel Services

PPT

Pupil Personnel Team

PPVT

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test

PQ

Perceptual Quotient

PR

Percentile Rank

PRE-K

Pre-Kindergarten

PS

Partially Sighted

PSE

Pidgin Sign English

PSEN

Pupils with Special Educational Needs

PT

Physical Therapy/Therapist

PTA

Parent Teacher Association; Physical Therapist Assistant; Post-Traumatic Amnesia; Pure Tone Average

PTO

Parent Teacher Organization

PTG

Parent Teacher Group

PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTT

Planning and Placement Team

PVS

Persistent Vegetative State; Private Vocational Schools

PY

Project Year

QAFB

Questions About Functional Behavior

QMRP

Qualified Mental Retardation Professional

R & D

Research and Development

R & T

Research and Training

RAD

Reactive Attachment Disorder

RCF

Residential Care Facility

RCH

Residential Care Home

RDD

Reading Disorder - Dyslexia

REBT

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

REI

Regular Education Initiative

RFP

Request for Proposal

RLF

Retrolental Fibroplasia

RMT

Regional Management Team

ROP

Retinopathy of Prematurity

RP

Retinitis Pigmentosa

RRC

Regional Resource Centers

RSP

Resource Specialist

RTC

Residential Treatment Center

RTH

Residential Training Home

RWQC

Regional Workforce Quality Committee

SAI

School Abilities Index

SAT

Scholastic Aptitude Test

SB L-M

Stanford-Binet, Form L-M (Language/Memory)

SBE; SBOE

State Board of Education

SCSIT

Southern California Sensory Integration Tests

SDA

Service Delivery Area

SDC

Special Day Class

SE; SPE; SPED

Special Education

SEA

State Education Agency; State Education Association

SECC

Special Education Child Count

SED

Seriously Emotionally Disturbed

SEMS

Special Education Management System

SENG

Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted

SERVE

Secondary Education Reporting of Vocational Enrollment

SGL

Supervised Group Living

SI

Speech Impaired

SIB

Self-Injurious Behavior

SICC

State Interagency Coordinating Council

SIG

State Improvement Grant

SILP

Semi-Independent Living Program

SIP

State Improvement Plan

SIS

Shared Information Systems

SIT

Slosson Intelligence Test

SLC

Structured Learning Center

SLD

Specific Learning Disability

SLLD

Specific Language Learning Disability

SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

SLPA

Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant

SLR

State Liaison Representative

SOL

Standards of Learning

SOSCF

State Offices for Services to Children and Families

SPeNSE

Study of Personnel Needs In Special Education

SRT

Speech Reception Threshold

SSA

Social Security Act; Social Security Administration

SSBD

Septimatic Screening for Behavior Disorders

SSD

Social Security Disability

SSDI

Social Security Disability Income

SSI

Statewide Systemic Initiative; Supplemental Security Income

SST

Student Study Team; Student Support Team

STO

Short-Term Objective

TACL

Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language

TAG

Talented and Gifted

TAT

Thematic Apperception Test

TBI

Traumatic Brain Injury

TDD

Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf

TESOL

Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages

TIP

Teacher Improvement Process

TLC

Therapeutic Learning Center

TMH

Trainable - Mentally Handicapped

TMR

Trainable - Mentally Retarded

TOVA

Test of Variable Attention

TOWL

Test of Written Language

TPP

Transition Planning Process

TTY

Teletypewriter (Phone System for Deaf Individuals)

TWS

Larsen-Hammill Test of Written Spelling

UAF

University Affiliated Facility

UCE

University Centers for Excellence

USC

United States Code

VAC

Vocational Adjustment Counselor; Vocational Adjustment Class

VAKT

Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic-Tactile

VCD

Volitional Conduct Disorder

VEDS

Vocational Education Data Systems

VI

Visually Impaired

VMI

Visual Motor Integration

VRD

Vocational Rehabilitation Division

VRS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services

VSA

Very Special Arts

WAC

Work Activity Center

WAIS

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

WAIS-R

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised

WISC-III

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition

WISC-R

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised

WJ-III

Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Third Edition

WJ-R

Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised

WOD

Written Output Disorder

WPPSI-R

Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised

WQC

Workplace Quality Council

WRAP

Wraparound Program

WRAT-R

Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised

WSR

Whole School Reform

YTP

Youth Transition Program