Special Education Acronyms

Vocabulary flashcards containing special education acronyms and their full expansions across laws, plans, services, disabilities, testing, and frameworks.

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

ESSA

Every Student Succeeds Act

FAPE

Free Appropriate Public Education

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

OCR

Office for Civil Rights

ER

Evaluation Report

GIEP

Gifted Individualized Education Plan

GWR

Gifted Written Report

IEP

Individualized Education Program

NOREP

Notice of Recommended Educational Placement

NORA

Notice of Recommended Assignment

PBSP

Positive Behavior Support Plan

PLEP / PLAAFP

Present Level of Educational Performance / Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance

AT

Assistive Technology

BSE

Bureau of Special Education

EI

Early Intervention

ES

Emotional Support

ESY

Extended School Year

LS

Learning Support

LSS

Life Skills Support

MA

Medical Assistance

MDS

Multidisciplinary Services

O&M

Orientation and Mobility

OT

Occupational Therapy

OVR

Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

PT

Physical Therapy

PATTAN

Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network

ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ID

Intellectual Disability

LD

Learning Disability

ODD

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OHI

Other Health Impairment

OI

Orthopedic Impairment

PDD

Pervasive Developmental Disorder

SLD

Specific Learning Disability

SLI

Speech or Language Impairment

SPED

Special Education

TBI

Traumatic Brain Injury

VI

Visual Impairment

CBA

Curriculum-Based Assessment

CBI

Community-Based Instruction

FBA

Functional Behavioral Assessment

IQ

Intelligence Quotient

LEP

Limited English Proficient

ELL

English Language Learner

MDE

Multidisciplinary Evaluation

MDT

Multidisciplinary Team

PASA

Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment

PSSA

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment

PTE

Permission to Evaluate

AAC

Alternative Augmentative Communication

ABA

Applied Behavior Analysis

BIP

Behavior Intervention Plan

IFSP

Individualized Family Service Plan

MDR

Manifestation Determination Review

MTSS

Multi-Tiered System of Supports

PBIS

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

RTII

Response to Instruction and Intervention