| AAC |
Augmentative and Alternative Communication |
| ABA |
Applied Behavior Analysis |
| ADD/ADHD |
Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ALTA |
Alta California Regional Center |
| APE |
Adapted Physical Education |
| ARC |
Placer Infant Development Program |
| ASD |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| AT |
Assistive Technology |
| BASC |
Behavior Assessment System for Children |
| BCBA |
Board Certified Behavior Analyst |
| BIP |
Behavior Intervention Plan |
| BSP |
Behavior Support Plan |
| CAPA |
California Alternative Performance Assessment |
| CBI |
Community Based Instruction |
| CCS |
California Children's Service |
| CDE |
California Department of Education |
| CEC |
Council for Exceptional Children |
| COTA |
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant |
| CPS |
Child Protection Services |
| CSOC |
Children's System of Care |
| DHOH |
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing |
| DIS |
Designated Instruction and Service |
| DRDP |
Desired Results Developmental Profile (state-funded preschool assessment) |
| ECE |
Early Childhood Education |
| ED |
Emotionally Disturbed |
| EI |
Early Intervention |
| ELL/ESL |
English Language Learner/English Second Language |
| EMD |
Established Medical Disability |
| ESY |
Extended School Year (summer school for special education students) |
| FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
| FBA |
Functional Behavior Analysis |
| FSP |
Functional Skills Program |
| IDEA/IDEIA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act/Idividuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act |
| IEE |
Independent Educational Evaluation |
| IEP |
Individualized Education Program |
| IFSP |
Individual Family Service Plan |
| ILS |
Independent Living Skills |
| IQ |
Intelligence Quotient |
| ISGI |
Individual Small Group Instruction |
| ITP |
Individualized Transition Plan |
| LCI |
Licensed Children's Institution |
| LD |
Learning Disability/Disabled |
| LEA |
Local Education Agency |
| LI |
Low Incidence |
| LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
| NPA |
Non-public Agency |
| NPS |
Non-public School |
| OAH |
Office of Administrative Hearings |
| OCR |
Office of Civil Rights |
| OHI |
Other Health Impaired |
| OI |
Orthopedically Impaired |
| OM |
Orientation & Mobility |
| OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education |
| OT |
Occupational Therapy |
| OTR |
Occupational Therapist, Registered |
| PAT |
Preschool Assessment Team |
| PCOE |
Placer County Office of Education |
| PDD |
Pervasive Development Delay |
| PIP |
Preschool Intervention Program |
| PS |
Preschool |
| PSSP |
Private School Service Plan |
| PSRS |
Procedural Safeguards and Referral Service (CDE) |
| PT |
Physical Therapy/Therapist |
| PWN |
Prior Written Notice |
| RSP |
Resource Specialist Program |
| RTI |
Response to Intervention |
| SAID |
Significant Adaptive Intellectual Deficit |
| SDC |
Special Day Class |
| SELPA |
Special Education Local Plan Area |
| SEPAC |
Special Education Parent Advisory Committee |
| SESR |
Special Education Self-Review |
| SH |
Severely Handicapped |
| SIP |
Student Intervention Plan |
| SLD |
Specific Learning Disability |
| SLP |
Speech Language Pathologist |
| SLPA |
Speech Language Pathologist Assistant |
| SMART |
Special Multi-Agency Administration and Response Team |
| SMD |
Severe Multiple Disability |
| SOI |
Severe Orthopedic Impairment |
| SPED |
Special Education |
| SST |
Student Study Team |
| STEPS |
Strategic Teaching by Educators and Parents for Students |
| STP |
Structured Teaching Program |
| TA |
Teacher Aide/Assistant |
| TASEL |
Teaching for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning |
| TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
| VI |
Visually Impaired |
| WAIS |
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
| WIAT |
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test |
| WISC |
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
| W-J |
Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement, Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities |
