Special Education Acronyms
| ASCD - Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities | AT- Assistive Technology | AAC–Augmentative Alternative Communication |
| ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act | ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder | ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| APE - Adaptive Physical Education | ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorders | ASL - American Sign Language |
| AYP - Adequate Yearly Progress | BCBA - Board Certified Behavior Analyst | BIP - Behavior Improvement Plan |
| BSVI - Bureau of Service for the Visually Impaired | BVR - Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation | CAPD - Central Auditory Processing Disorder |
| CBM - Curriculum Based Measure | CCBDD - Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities | CEC - Council for Exceptional Children |
| COTA - Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant | CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention | CTE - Career-Technical Education |
| D/B - Deaf/Blind | DI - Differentiated Instruction | ED - Emotional Disturbance |
| ELL - English Language Learners | ETR - Evaluation Team Report | ESY - Extended School Year. Anything beyond the standard school hours a day and year |
| FAPE - Free and Appropriate Education | FBA - Functional Behavior Analysis or Assessment. A type of evaluation for children to develop the BIP | FERPA - Family Education Rights and Privacy Act |
| H - Hearing Impairment | IAT - Intervention Assistant Team | IDEIA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 |
| IEP - Individualized Education Program | IFSP - Individualized Family Service Plan for Early Intervention | IQ - Intelligence Quotient |
| IS - Intervention Specialist | LEP - Limited English Proficient | LRE - Least Restrictive Environment |
| MD - Multiple Disabilities | MFE - Multifactored Evaluation | NCLB - No Child Left Behind |
| OCD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder | OHI - Other Health Impairment |
| OI - Orthopedic Impairment | O/M - Orientation and Mobility | OOD - Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities |
| OST - Ohio State Test | OT - Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapy | PLOP - Present Levels of Performance |
| PT - Physical Therapist or Physical Therapy | PWN - Prior Written Notice | PR-01 - Prior Written Notice to Parents |
| PR-02 - Parent Invitation | PR-03 - Manifestation Determination Review | PR-04 - Referral for Evaluation |
| PR-05 - Parent Consent for Evaluation | PR-06 - Evaluation Team Report | SDI - Specially Designed Instruction |
| SLD - Specific Learning Disability | SLP - Speech and Language Pathologist, aka speech therapist | SSI - Supplemental Security Income |
| TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury | VI - Visually Impaired |
504 - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act |