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Alphabet Soup- Acronyms

Alphabet Soup... What Do These Letters Mean?

 

ABLLS Assessment of Basic Language & Learning Skills
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
AEIS Academic Excellence Indicator Systems
AI Auditory Impairment
AIP Accelerated Instruction Plan
APE Adapted Physical Education
ARD Admissions, Review & Dismissal
ASL American Sign Language
ASSIST Adopting Successful Supports & Interventions for Students & Parents
AT Assistive Technology
AU Autism
AYP Annual Yearly Progress
BIP Behavior Intervention Plan
CAP Comprehensive Analysis Process
CATE Career and Technology Education
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CLASS Comprehensive Learner Adapted Scope & Sequence
CMC Content Mastery & Co-Funded Learning Center
COP Change of Placement Monitor
CPI Crisis Prevention Intervention
CPS Child Protective Services
CR Commissioner's Rules
CR Consultation Request
CSR Confidential Student Report
DAEP District Alternative Educational Program
DB Deaf/Blind
DEC District Effectiveness & Compliance
DER Disability Eligibility Report
DSM-IV Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 4th Ed.
EC Early Childhood- See PPCD
ECI Early Childhood Intervention
ED Emotional Disturbance
EE Early Education
EEP Extended Educational Programming
EHA Education for the Handicapped Act (P.L. 94-142)
ELPOP English Language Proficiency Observation Protocols
ER Evaluation Requests
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
FVE Functional Vision Evaluation
GAI General Ability Index
GIA General Intellectual Ability
GPC Grade Placement Committee
HB Homebound Program
HI Hearing Impaired
HLS Home Language Survey
ICF-MR Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP Individualized Education Program
IFSP Individual Family Service Plan
ITP Individual Transition Plan
IQ Intelligence Quotient
LAS Language Assessment Scales
LD Learning Disability
LDAA Locally Determined Alternate Assessment
LEA Local Education Agency
LEP Limited Proficiency Assessment Committee
LMA Learning Media Assessment
LPAC Language Proficiency Assessment Committee
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
LSSP Licensed Specialist in School Psychology
MD Multiple Disabilities
MDR Manifest Determination Review
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MR Mental Retardation
NCEC Non-Categorical Early Childhood
NCLB No Child Left Behind
OCR Office of Civil Rights
OHI Other Health Impaired
OI Orthopedically Impaired
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
PEIMS Public Education Information Management System
PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified
PHLOTE Primary Home Language Other Than English
PLOP Present Level of Performance
PPCD Public Preschool for Children with Disabilities
PT Physical Therapy
REED Review of Existing Evaluation Data
RDSPD Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
RPTE Reading Proficiency Test in English
SAC Social Adjustment Class
SAPP School Age Parenting Program
SBOE State Board of Education
SDAA State Developed Alternative Assessment
SEA State Education Agency
SEMS Special Education Management System
SERS Special Education Resource System
SETS Special Education Tracking System
SHARS School Health and Related Services
SI Speech Impairment
SITP Student Intervention Team Plan
SMSCD Student with the Most Significant Cognitive Deficits
SP Service Plan
SSI Student Success Initative
STAT Student Teacher Assistance Team
TAAS Texas Assessment of Academic Skills
TAC Texas Administrative Code
TAKS Texas Asessment of Knowledge and Skills
(Formerly TAAS)
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TBSI Texas Behavior Support Initative
TDMHMR Texas Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation
TDPRS Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Service
TEA Texas Education Agency
TEC Texas Education Code
TEKS Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TELPAS Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment Summary
TPRI Texas Primary Reading Inventory
TRC Texas Rehabilitation Commission
TSBVI Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired
TSD Texas School for the Deaf
TU Transportation Unit
TWC Texas Workforce Commission
TYC Texas Youth Commission
VAC Vocational Adjustment Class
VEH Vocational Education for the Handicapped
VI Visual Impairment