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)