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Special Education Acronyms

Acronyms in Special Education

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Special Education Acronyms:

In special education, an acronym is an abbreviation for a commonly used phrase, name of a program or test, teaching method, special education regulatory term, or name of an agency. As the parent of a child with a disability, you'll hear and see reams of paper filled with acronyms used throughout your child's school years. Here is a list of some of the more commonly used acronyms you may encounter. If you're looking for one you don't see here, drop me an email to let me know at: learningdisabilities.guide@about.com
  • 504 - A section of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973(Also Section 504)
  • ABAS - Adaptive Behavior Assessment System
  • ABS - Adaptive Behavior Scale
  • ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
  • ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
  • ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Also AD/HD, ADD-H)
  • ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorder (Also AUT)
  • ASDS - Asperger Syndrome Diagnostic Scale
  • ASL - American Sign Language
  • AT - Assistive Technology
  • AUT - Autism (Also ASD)
  • BIP - Behavioral Intervention Plan
  • CAPD - Central Auditory Processing Disorder
  • CBCL - Child Behavior Checklist
  • CRS - Conners Rating Scales
  • CTONI - Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence
  • DB - Deaf-Blindness
  • DD - Developmental Delay
  • DSM - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • EBD - Emotional Behavioral Disability
  • ED - Emotionally Disturbed
  • ESL - English as a Second Language
  • ESY - Extended School Year
  • FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education
  • FBA - Functional Behavioral Assessment
  • FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  • FMD - Functional Mental Disability
  • GORT - Gray Oral Reading Test
  • HI - Hearing Impairment
  • HIPPA - Health Insurance Portability and
  • HOH - Hard of Hearing (Also HH)
  • IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Also IDEIA)
  • IEE - Independent Educational Evaluation
  • IEP - Individualized Education Program
  • IFSP - Individual Family Service Plan
  • IHO - Impartial Hearing Officer (Also HO)
  • IQ - Intelligence Quotient
  • KABC - Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children
  • KBIT - Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test
  • KTEA - Kaufman Tests of Educational Achievement
  • LD - Learning Disability
  • LEP - Limited English Proficiency (Synonyms ELL, ESL)
  • LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
  • MBTI - Myers Briggs Type Inventory
  • MD - Multiple Disabilities
  • MMPI - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
  • MMD - Mild Mental Disability
  • MR - Mental Retardation (Also MD - Mental Disabilities - Retardation is considered a negative term and is typically avoided)
  • NCLB - No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
  • OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • OCR - Office for Civil Rights
  • ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • OHI - Other Health Impaired
  • OI - Orthopedic Impairment
  • O&M - Orientation and Mobility Services
  • OT - Occupational Therapy
  • PDD - Pervasive Developmental Disorder
  • PIAT - Peabody Individual Achievement Test
  • PLOP - Present Level of Performance
  • PPVT - Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
  • PRC - Parent Resource Center
  • PT - Physical Therapy
  • PTONI - Primary Test of Nonverbal Intelligence
  • PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • RIAS - Reynolds Intellectual Achievement Scales
  • RIST - Reynolds Intellectual Screening Test
  • RTI - Response to Intervention
  • SED - Serious Emotional Disturbance
  • SID - Sensory Integration Dysfunction
  • SIT - Slosson Intelligence Test
  • SLD - Specific Learning Disability
  • SLI - Speech Language Impairment (Also SP/L, S/L)
  • TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
  • VTEMA - Test of Early Mathematics Ability
  • UNIT - Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test
  • VABS - Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales
  • VI - Visual Impairment
  • VMI - Visual Motor Integration
  • VOC REHAB - Vocational Rehabilitation
  • WAIS - Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales
  • WIAT - Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
  • WISC - Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
  • WPPSI - Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
  • WRAT - Wide Range Achievement Test
  • WRMT - Woodcock Reading Mastery Test
  • WRIT - Wide Range Intelligence Test
  • WJ - Woodcock Johnson Tests
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