Acronyms in Special Education
ABA - Applied Behavior Analysis
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act of 2008
ADHD - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
AEIS - Academic Excellence Indicator System
AEP - Alternative Education Program
AI - Auditory Impairment
AIP - Accelerated Instruction Plan
ALS - Academic Life Skills
APE - Adapted Physical Education
ARD - Admission, Review and Dismissal Committee
ASL - American Sign Language
AT - Assistive Technology
AU - Autism
AVLS - Academic and Vocational Life Skills
AYP - Annual Yearly Progress
BIC - Behavior Intervention Classroom
BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan
CTE - Career and Technical Education
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
CLASS - Comprehensive Learner Adapted Scope and Sequence
COSF - Child Outcome Survey Form
CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention
CPS - Child Protective Services
CSR - Confidential Student Report
DAEP - Disciplinary Alternative Education Program
DARS - Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
DB - Deaf/Blind
DNQ - Did Not Qualify
DSM-IV-TR - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 4th Ed., Text Revision
EC - Early Childhood - see PPCD
ECI - Early Childhood Intervention
EE - Early Education
ELL - English Language Learner
ED - Emotional Disturbance
EOC - End of Course
ESC - Education Service Center
ESL - English as a Second Language
ESY - Extended School Year
FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA - Functional Behavior Assessment
FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FIE - Full Individual Evaluation
FLS - Functional Life Skills
FOF - Focus on the Future
GPC - Grade Placement Committee
HB - Homebound Program
HI - Hearing Impairment
HLS - Home Language Survey
ID - Intellectual Disability
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE - Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP - Individualized Education Program
IFSP - Individual Family Service Plan
IHT - In-Home Training
ISS - In-School Suspension
ITP - Individual Transition Plan
JJAEP - Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Pro-gram
LD - Learning Disability
LEA - Local Education Agency
LEP - Limited English Proficient
LPAC - Language Proficiency Assessment Committee
LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
LSSP - Licensed Specialist in School Psychology
MD - Multiple Disabilities
MDR - Manifest Determination Review
NCEC - Non-Categorical Early Childhood
NCLB - No Child Left Behind
OCR - Office of Civil Rights
OHI - Other Health Impairment
OI - Orthopedically Impairment
O&M - Orientation & Mobility
OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS - Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT - Occupational Therapy
PBS - Positive Behavioral Supports
PBMAS - Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis
PEIMS - Public Education Information Management System
PDD-NOS - Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified
PGP - Personal Graduation Plan
PLAAFP - Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
PPCD - Preschool Program for Children with Disabilite
PT - Physical Therapy
REED - Review of Existing Evaluation Data
RDSPD - Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
RPTE - Reading Proficiency Test in English
RTI - Response to Intervention
SAPP - School Age Parenting Program
SEAS - Special Education Automation Software
SHARS - School Health and Related Services
SI - Speech Impairment
SITP - Student Intervention Team Planning
SLD - Specific Learning Disability
SSI - Student Success Initiative
STAAR - State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness
TAC - Texas Administrative Code
TEA - Texas Education Agency
TEC - Texas Education Code
TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
TBSI - Texas Behavior Support Initiative
TEA - Texas Education Agency
TEAMS - Teaching for Emotional, Academic and Motivational Success
TEC - Texas Education Code
TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TELPAS - Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment Summary
TSBVI - Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
TYC - Texas Youth Commission
VAC - Vocational Adjustment Coordinator/Class
VB-MAPP - Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program
VI - Visual Impairment