| 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 |
