ABLE        

Adaptive Behavior Learning Environment

ADD         

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD        

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

AEP

Alternative Educational Program

AI               

Auditory Impairment

ALE           

Applied Learning Environment (Program)

AMC

Academic Mastery Center

APE           

Adapted Physical Education

ARD           

Admissions, Review, and Dismissal

ATP            

Assistive Technology Program

AU

Autism

BIC

Behavior Intervention Center/Classroom

BIP

Behavior Intervention Plan

ADHD        

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

AEP

Alternative Educational Program

CBI             

Community Based Instruction

CHILD

Consultative Help for Individual Learning Decisions Process

CMC         

Content Mastery Center - Modification Center

CP              

Cerebral Palsy

CPI            

Crisis Prevention Institute

DB              

Deaf Blind

DSM       

Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition)

ECI

Early Childhood Intervention

ED            

Emotional Disturbance

EPS

Employment Placement Specialist (formerly VAC)

ESY

Extended School Year (formally EYS)

FAPE      

Free and Appropriate Public Education

FBA

Functional Behavioral Assessment

FERPA     

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

IA               

Instructional Assistant

IDEA         

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (PL 101-476)

IEE

Independent Educational Evaluation         

IEP        

Individualized Education Program

ITP            

Individual Transition Plan

LAP         

Learning Accomplishment Profile

LC

Local Curriculum

LD            

Learning Disability

LDAA

Locally Developed Alternative Assessment

MD            

Multiple Disabilities

MR            

Mental Retardation

NICHY        

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

OCD         

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

ODD         

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OH

Other Health Impairment (also OHI)

OHI            

Other Health Impairment

OI              

Orthopedic Impairment

O & M

Orientation and Mobility

OJT

On Job Training

OT             

Occupational Therapy

PAC         

Parent Advisory Committee

PATH      

Partnerships Assisting Texans with Handicaps

PDD         

Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PPCD      

Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities

PT          

Physical Therapy

REACH

Resource for Autistic Children

RDSPD

Regional Day School Program for the Deaf

SAP

Student Assistance Process

SAT

Student Assistance Center

SDAA

State Developed Alternative Assessment

SI            

Speech Impairment

SLP         

Speech-Language Pathologist

TAAS       

Texas Assessment of Academic Skills

TAKS

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills

TASP        

Texas Academic Skills Program

TEA          

Texas Education Agency

TEACCH

Treatment and Education of Autistic Children with Communication Handicaps

TEKS        

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

TRC

Texas Rehabilitation Commission

VI             

Visual Impairment