Special Education Acronyms
(Alphabet Soup)
AAC - Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
AD/HD - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
APE - Adaptive Physical Education
ASL - American Sign Language
AT - Assistive Technology
AU - Autism
BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan
CD - Cognitive Disability
CWD - Child With a Disability
D/B - Deaf-Blindness
DD - Developmental Delay
D/HOH - Deaf/Hard of Hearing
ED - Emotional Disturbance
EI - Early Intervention
ESC - Educational Service Center
ESY - Extended School Year
ETR - Evaluation Team Report
FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA - Functional Behavior Assessment
HI - Hearing Impaired
IAES - Interim Alternative Educational Setting
IAEP - Interim Alternative Education Placement
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEIA - Individuals with Disabilities Education
Improvement Act
IEP - Individual Education Program
IFSP - Individualized Family Service Plan
IHO - Impartial Hearing Officer
IRC - Instructional Resource Center
(Part of an IEP for students ages 14+)
LD - Learning Disabled
LEA - Local Educational Agency
LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
MD - Multiple Disabilities
MFE - Multifactored Evaluation
OCALI - Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence
OCECD - Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children With Disabilities
ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ODH - Ohio Department of Health
ODMH - Ohio Department of Mental Health
OEC - Office of Exceptional Children
OHI - Other Health Impaired
OI - Orthopedic Impairment
OSD - Ohio School for the Deaf
OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs(U. S. Department of Education)
OSSB - Ohio State School for the Blind
OT - Occupational Therapy
PBI - Positive Behavior Intervention
PBM - Positive Behavior Management
PBS - Positive Behavior Support
P-D - Pre-Schooler with a Disability
PDD - Pervasive Developmental Disorder
ITP - Individualized Transition Plan
PT - Physical Therapy
SEA - State Educational Agency
SERRC - Special Education Regional Resource
SLD - Specific Learning Disability
SLP - Speech/Language Pathologist
SLRO - State Level Review Officer
SWD - Student with a Disability
TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
TDD - Telephone Device for the Deaf
VI - Visual Impairment
504 - Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973)
A civil rights law to protect people from
discrimination because of disability.