Acronyms
504 Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADM Average Daily Membership (number of students in attendance per day)
ALP Adjusted Learning Program
APE Adapted Physical Education
ASDO Alternative Service Delivery Option
BAT Building Assessment Team
BIP Behavior Intervention Plan
CAO Community Action Organization/CAC
CCBMR Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CEU Continuing Education Unit
CIMS Child Information Management System
CP Cerebral Palsy
CSESC Cuyahoga Special Education Service Center
DD Developmentally Disabled or Developmental Delay
DH/CD Individuals with Developmental Handicaps (includes mild, moderate, severe)/Cognitive Delay
DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
ECSE Early Childhood Special Education
EDGAR Education Department General Administrative Regulations
EHA Education of Handicapped Children Act, P.L. 94-142
EI Early Intervention
EMIS Education Management Information System
EMR Educable Mentally Retard (term outdated, see DH)
EPSDT Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Title IV B - IDEA is part of the Act)
ESY Extended School Year
ETR Evaluation Team Report
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA Functional Behavior Assessment
FERPA Family Educational Records Privacy Act
FY Fiscal Year
FYI For Your Information
G & T Gifted and Talented
HI Hearing Impaired (term outdated, see HH)
HH Hearing Handicapped
IAEP Interim Alternative Educational Placement
IAES Interim Alternative Educational Setting
IAT Intervention Assistance Team
IBA Intervention Based Assessment
IDEA Individuals w/Disabilities Education Act (replaced EHA), P.L. 105-17
IEP Individualized Education Program
IFSP Individual Family Service Plan for Early Intervention
IHO Impartial (or Independent) Hearing Officer
IHP Individual Habilitation Plan
IIP Individual Instruction Plan
IWRP Individual Written Rehabilitation Plan (B.V.R)
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act
JVS Joint Vocational School
LD Learning Disability (see SLD)
LEA Local Education Agency
LISH Low Income/Severe Handicap
LRE Least Restrictive Environment (see LRA)
MD Muscular Dystrophy
MFE Multi-factored Evaluation
MH Mental Health or Multi-handicapped
MIS Management Information System
MR Mental Retardation
MR/DD Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
MS Multiple Sclerosis
MSPR Moderately, Severely, Profoundly Retarded
OCECD Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities
OH Orthopedically Handicapped (see OI)
OHI Other Health Impaired
OI Orthopedically Impaired
OJT On the Job Training
OT Occupational Therapy
PBS Positive Behavior Support
P.L. 94-142 Federal Law (Public Law) for EHA
P.L. 105-17 Federal Law (Public Law) for IDEA
PREP Program Review and Evaluation Procedures
PT Physical Therapy
QMRP Qualified Mental Retardation Processional
RFP Request for Proposal
SBH Severe Behavior Handicapped (see SED)
SEA State Education Agency
SED Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (same as SBH)
SERRC Special Education Regional Resource Center
SIR School Improvement Review
SLD Specific Learning Disabilities
SLP Speech/Language Pathologist
SPED Special Education
SSI Supplemental Security Income
SST Supplemental Services Teacher
TBI Traumatic Brain Injured
TDD Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (same as TTY)
TECH Technology to Education Children with Handicaps
VH Visually Handicapped
VI Visually Impaired (term outdated, see VH)
WEP Written Education Plan