Special Education Abbreviations
ABA Applied Behavior Analysis
ABAS Adaptive Behavior Assessment System
ABC Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence
ABLLS-R: Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills – Revised
AC Augmentative Communication
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADAAA ADA Amendments Act
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADI-R Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised
ADL Activities of Daily Living
ADOS Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
AFAA Advancing Futures for Adults with Autism
ALD Assistive Listening Device
APE Adaptive Physical Education
APR Annual Performance Report
APS Approved Private School
ARC Advocacy & Resources for Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities (formerly, Association for Retarded Citizens)
AS Autistic Support; Asperger’s Syndrome
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASDS Asperger’s Syndrome Diagnostic Scale
ASHA American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
ASL American Sign Language
AT Assistive Technology
ATD Alternating Treatments Design
AVTS Area Vocational Technical School
AYP Adequate Yearly Progress
BASC Behavior Rating Assessment of Children
BCBA Board Certified Behavior Analyst
BCaBA Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst
BEC Basic Education Circular
BHRS Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services
BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
BIP Behavior Intervention Plan; Behavior Improvement Plan
BMP Behavior Management Plan
BOTMP Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency
BP Behavior Plan
BPR Behavior Performance Review
BRIEF Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function
BSC Behavior Specialist Consultant
BSE Bureau of Special Education
BSID Bayley Scales of Infant Development
BSP Behavior Support Program
BSU Base Service Unit
CALP Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CAO Chief Administrative Officer
CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CARS Childhood Autism Rating Scale
CART Computer Aided Realtime Translation
CASL Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language
CASSP Child & Adolescent Service System Program
CAVP Corrective Action Verification Plan
CBA Curriculum-Based Assessment
CBM-R Curriculum-Based Measurement of Oral Reading
CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CCC Children’s Communication Checklist
CE Conductive Education
CEC Council for Exceptional Children
CELF Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals
CERC Corrections Education Records Center
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
Chapter 14 Regulations of PA Board of Education Implementing IDEIA
Chapter 15 Regulations of PA Board of Education Implementing § 504
CIP Classification of Instructional Program
CLD Cultural & Linguistic Diversity
CLM Competent Learner Model
CMCI Compliance Monitoring for Continuous Improvement
COP Communities of Practice
COTA Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant
CP Cerebral Palsy
CS Charter School
CSAP Comprehensive Student Assistance Program
CSIT Cognitive Social Integration Therapy
CSPD Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
CTC Career & Technical Education Center
CTONI Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence
CTOPP Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing
CYS Children & Youth Services
DAP Developmentally Appropriate Practices
DAS Differential Ability Scales
DAYC Developmental Assessment of Young Children
DDS Disability Determination Service
DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
DIR Developmental Individual Differences, Relationship-Based
DLP Disabilities Law Project
DOH Department of Health
DPH Due Process Hearing
DPW Department of Public Welfare
DRA Differential Reinforcement of “Alternative”
DRI Differential Reinforcement of “Incompatible”
DRN Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
DRO Differential Reinforcement of “Other”
DTT Discrete Trial Training
ED Emotional Disturbance
EDGAR Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EI Early Intervention
EID Effective Instruction Delivery
EIPA Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
EITA Early Intervention Technical Assistance
ELC-PA Education Law Center of Pennsylvania
ELL English Language Learners
EMR Educable Mentally Retarded
EOWPVT Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test
EPSDT Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment
ER Evaluation Report
ES Emotional Support
ESEA Elementary & Secondary Education Act
ESL English as a Second Language
ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages
ESY Extended School Year
EVT Expressive Vocabulary Test
FAIP-R Formative Assessment Instrumentation & Procedures for Reading
FAIR-P Functional Assessment Informant Record for Parents
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FAST Functional Analysis Screening Tool
FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment
FC Facilitated Communication
FCT Functional Communication Training
FERPA Family Education Rights & Privacy Act
FSA Facilitated Self-Assessment
GADS Gilliam Asperger’s Disorder Scale
GARS Gilliam Autism Rating Scale
GDS Gordon Diagnostic System
GIEP Gifted Individualized Education Program
GMDT Gifted Multi-Disciplinary Team
GWR Gifted Written Report
HI Hearing Impaired
HIPPA Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act
HO Hearing Officer
HOH Hand over Hand
HUNE Hispanics United for Exceptional Children
IAES Interim Alternative Educational Setting
ICC Interagency Coordinating Council
ICD Impulse Control Disorder
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEIA Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
IDT Intensive Day Treatment
IEE Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP Individualized Education Program
IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan
IGDI Individual Growth & Development Indicators
IMSLEC International Multisensory Structured Language Education Counsel
IPE Individualized Plan for Employment
IQ Intelligence Quotient
IRI Informal Reading Inventory
IS Itinerant Support
ISP Individual Service Plan
ISPT Interagency Service Planning Team
ISSP Instructional Support System of Pennsylvania
IST Instructional Support Team/Teacher
IT Itinerant Teacher
ITT Intentional Table Teaching
IU Intermediate Unit
JLC Juvenile Law Center
K-ABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children
KTEA Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement
LD Learning Disability
LEA Local Educational Agency
LEP Limited English Proficiency
LICC Local Interagency Coordinating Council
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
LS Learning Support
LSS Life Skills Support
LTCC Local Transition Coordinating Council
LTD Local Task Force
MA Medical Assistance
MAPS Making Action Plans
MARC Montgomery County Association for Retarded Citizens
MAS Motivation Assessment Scale
MAWA Mutually Agreed Upon Written Arrangement
M-CHAT Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers
MCDI MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
MD Multiple Disabilities
MDE Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation
MDR Manifestation Determination Review
MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team
MECA Mission for Educating Children with Autism
MH/MR Mental Health/Mental Retardation
MNC Medical Necessity Creteria
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MR Mental Retardation
MR/DD Mental Retardation/Developmental Delay
MT Mobile Therapist
NAC National Autism Center
NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAPCSE National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education
NASDSE National Association of State Directors of Special Education
NCLB No Child Left Behind
NET Natural Environment Training
NIMAC National Instructional Materials Access Center
NIMAS National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards
NORA Notice of Recommended Assignment
NOREP Notice of Recommended Educational Placement
OAR Organization for Autism Research
O & M Orientation & Mobility
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCDEL Office of Child Development & Early Learning
OCR Office for Civil Rights
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ODP Office of Developmental Programs
ODR Office for Dispute Resolution
OHI Other Health Impairment
OI Orthopedic Impairment
OMH Office of Mental Health
OMR Office of Mental Retardation
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services
OT Occupational Therapy
OVR Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
OWLS Oral & Written Language Scales
PAS Promoting Academic Success
PASS Plan to Achieve Self-Support
PASA Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment
PAT Phonemic Awareness Test
PATH Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope
PaTTAN Pennsylvania Training & Technical Assistance Network
PBS Positive Behavior Support
PCA Personal Care Assistant PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDDBI Pervasive Developmental Disorder Behavior Inventory
PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified
PDE Pennsylvania Department of Education
PDMS Peabody Developmental Motor Scales
PE Physical Education
PEAL Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership
PECS Picture Exchange Communication System
PELs Present Education Levels
PEN Parent Education Network
PEP Psychoeducational Profile
PHC Prehearing Conference
PIAT-R Peabody Individual Achievement Test Revised
PILCOP Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
PIN Parents Involved Network
PLAAFP Present Levels of Academic Achievement & Functional Performance
PLS Preschool Language Scale
PP&A Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy
PPRA Pupil Rights Amendment Act
PPVT Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
PSSA Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
PT Physical Therapy
PTE Permission to Evaluate Form
PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PVAAS Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System
PWN Prior Written Notice
RAST Regional Assessment & Support Team
RDI Relationship Development Intervention or Responsive Teaching
REEL Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test
RIC Regional Intensive Coordinator
RR Reevaluation Report
RRN Restrictive, Repetitive, Nonfunctional Patterns of Behavior, Interests or Activity
RTF Residential Treatment Facility
RTI Response to Intervention
SAAFP Summary of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
SAGES Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary Students
SAS Standards Aligned Systems
SBBH School-Based Behavioral Health
SBIS Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
SCQ Social Communication Questionnaire (formerly: Autism Screening Questionnaire)
SDI Specially Designed Instruction
SEA State Educational Agency
SEAP Special Education Advisor Panel
Section 504 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
SED Serious Emotional Disturbance
SER Sensory or Emotional Regulation
SES Supplemental Education Services
SETT Student, Environment, Tasks and Tools
SI Sensory Integration
SIB Self Injurious Behavior
SICC State Interagency Coordinating Council
SID Sensory Integration Dysfunction
S/L Speech & Language
SLD Specific Learning Disability
SLP Speech Language Pathologist
SMRS Scientific Merit Rating Scale
SP Surrogate Parent
SPP State Performance Plan
SRS Social Responsiveness Scale
SSA Social Security Administration
SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SSRS Social Skills Rating System
ST Speech Therapy
STAR Strategies for Teaching based on Autism Research
STAT Screening Tool for Autism in 2-Year- Olds
STL Short-Term Loan
SWPBS School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports
SY School Year
TACL Test for Auditory Comprehension of Language
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TDD Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
TEACCH Treatment & Education of Autistic & related Communication -handicapped Children
TELD Test of Early Language Development
TMR Trainable Mentally Retarded
TOLD Test of Language Development
TONI Test of Nonverbal Intelligence
TOPL Test of Pragmatic Language
TOPS Test of Problem Solving
TSS Therapeutic Support Services
TTY Teletypewriter
TVPS Test of Visual Perceptual Skills
UDL Universal Design for Learning
UNIT Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test
VABS Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale
VAKT Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic-Tactile
VB Verbal Behavior
VB-MAPP Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment & Placement Program
VI Visual Impairment
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
WADE Wilson Assessment of Decoding & Encoding
WAIS Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
WIAT Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
WISC Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
WPPSI Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scales of Intelligence
WRAT Wide Range Achievement Test
WRS Wilson Reading System
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