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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EMR    Educable Mentally Retard (term outdated, see DH)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HI    Hearing Impaired (term outdated, see HH)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