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 |