Special Education Acronyms

  • RE-DIRECT

    • 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

  • DHH

    • Deaf and Hard of Hearing

  • 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