AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication

ABA Applied Behavior Analysis

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD/ADHD Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADL Activities of Daily Living

ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

APE Adapted Physical Education

ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder

ASL American Sign Language

AT Assistive Technology

BD Behavioral Disorder (sometimes EBD – Emotional and Behavioral Disorder)

BD Behavior Disorder

BIP Behavioral Intervention Plan

CAC Community Advisory Committee

CAT6 California Achievement Test 6

CBI Community-Based Instruction

CDE California Department of Education

CIL Center for Independent Living

CP Cerebral Palsy

DB Deaf/Blind

DD Developmental Disability

DDS Department of Developmental Services

DHH Deaf/Hard of Hearing

DIS Designated Instruction and Services

DME Durable Medical Equipment

DOR Department of Rehabilitation

DS Down Syndrome

DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition

DSP Direct Support Professional

ECE Early Childhood Education

ED Emotionally Disturbed

EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EI Early Intervention

ELL English Language Learner (previously ESL)

ESSA Every Student Succeeds Act (replaced NCLB, No Child Left Behind Act)

ESY Extended School Year

FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education

FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FEC Family Empowerment Center

FRC Family Resource Center

GGRC Golden Gate Regional Center

HCBS Home and Community-Based Services

FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment

HI Hearing Impaired

HOH Hard of Hearing

ID Intellectual Disability (to replace MR)

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004

IEE Independent Educational Evaluation

IEP Individualized Education Program

IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan

IPE Individual Plan for Employment

IPP Individual Program Plan

ITP Individual Transition Plan

LD Learning Disability

LEA Local Education Agency

LEP Limited English Proficient

LRE Least Restrictive Environment

MD Multiple Disabilities

MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team

MH Multiple Handicapped

MS Multiple Sclerorsis

NPA Nonpublic Agency

NPS Nonpublic School (private)

OAH Office of Administrative Hearings

OCR Office of Civil Rights

OCS On-Campus Suspension

OHI Other Health Impairment

OI Orthopedic Impairment

OHI Other Health Impaired

OI Orthopedically Impaired

OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

OSEP Office of Special Education Programs

OT Occupational Therapy

PECS Picture Exchange Communication System

PLAAFP Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance

PT Physical Therapy

PTI Parent Training and Information Center

PWN Prior Written Notice

RSP Resource Specialist Program

RTI Response to Intervention

SEA State Education Agency

SCC Self-contained Classroom

SDC Special Day Class

SDE State Department of Education

SELPA Special Education Local Plan Area

SEPAC Special Education Parent Advisory Council

SH Severely Handicapped

SLD Specific Learning Disability

SLI Speech/Language Impaired

SLP Speech Language Pathologist

SPD Sensory Processing Disorder

SSI Supplemental Security Income

SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance

SST Student Study Team

STAR California’s Standard Testing and Reporting

TBI Traumatic Brain Injury

VI Visually Impaired

VR Vocational Rehabilitation

WIOA Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

504 Plan Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973