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As you sort through vast amounts of information to find ways to help your child with learning difficulties, you're likely to find many acronyms. If you're not sure what they represent, it may be difficult to gain a full understanding of the material you're reading. So to assist you in the process, here are some common acronyms and the words they stand for:
ABA
Applied Behavior Analysis
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADD; AD/HD; ADHD; ADD/In
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; ADD Inattentive
AP
Advanced Placement
AP; APD
Auditory Processing Disorder
ARD
Admission, Review, and Dismissal (Committee)
ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASL
American Sign Language
AT
Assistive Technology
BIP; BMP
Behavior Intervention Plan; Behavior Management Plan
BOE
Board of Education
CAP; CAPD
Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CAST
Center for Applied Special Technology
CBA
Curriculum-Based Assessment
CCLD
Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities
CEC
Council for Exceptional Children
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CHADD
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
COPAA
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
CPSE
Committee on Preschool Special Education
CSE
Committee on Special Education
DCD
Developmental Coordination Disorder
DD
Developmentally Disabled; Developmentally Delayed
DOH
Department of Health
DSM-V
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth Edition
ED
Emotionally Disturbed
ELL
English Language Learner
ERIC
Educational Resources Information Center
ESL
English as Second Language
ESY
Extended School Year Services
ETS
Educational Testing Service
FAPE
Free Appropriate Public Education
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
fMRI
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
FSP
Family Support Plan
GE
General Education
GPA
Grade Point Average
HI
Hearing Impaired
HOH
Hard of Hearing
HS
High School
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE
Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP
Individualized Education Program
ID
Intellectual Disabiltiy
K-12
Kindergarten through 12th Grade
LEA
Local Education Agency
LD
Learning Disability
LDA
Learning Disability Association
LRE
Least Restrictive Environment
MDT
Multidisciplinary Team
MH
Multiply Handicapped
MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MS
Middle School
NCLD
National Center for Learning Disabilities
NICHCY
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities formerly National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NICHD
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NILD
National Institute for Learning Disabilities
NIMH
National Institutes of Mental Health
NLD;NVLD
Nonverbal Learning Disability
OCD
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCR
Office for Civil Rights
ODD
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OG; O-G
Orton Gillingham [reading method]
OHI
Other Health Impaired
OT
Occupational Therapist; Occupational Therapy
PSAT
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
PT
Physical Therapist; Physical Therapy
PTA
Parent-Teacher Association
PTI
Parent Training and Information (Center)
PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
RFBD
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
RSP
Resource Specialist Program
SAT
Scholastic Aptitude Test
SD
School District
SED
State Education Department; Severely Emotionally Disturbed
SI
Sensory Integration
SLD
Specific Learning Disability
SLP
Speech and Language Program
SP/Lang, SP/LG
Speech and Language
SPED
Special Education
SSI
Supplemental Security Income (related to Social Security)
SST
Student Support Team
TESOL
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
URL
Uniform Resource Locator [website address]
V/V
Verbalization/Visualization
WIAT
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
WISC
WAIS
WPPSI
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence
WJ; WJ (IV)
Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-educational Battery (Fourth Edition)