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 |