•  Acronyms

    ABA

    Applied Behavior Analysis

    ADD

    Attention Deficit Disorder

    ADHD

    Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    AI

    Auditory Impairment

    APE

    Adapted Physical Education

    ARD

    Admissions, Review, and Dismissal

    AT

    Assistive Technology

    AU

    Autism

    BIP

    Behavior Intervention Plan

    CBA

    Curriculum Based Assessment

    CBI

    Community Based Instruction

    CM

    Content Mastery

    CP

    Cerebral Palsy

    DB

    Deaf Blind

    DSM

    Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition)

    ECI

    ECSE

    Early Childhood Intervention

    Early Childhood Special Education

    ED

    Emotional Disturbance

    ESY

    Extended School Year (formally EYS)

    FA

    FAPE

    Functional Academics (Life Skills)

    Free and Appropriate Public Education

    FBA

    Functional Behavioral Assessment

    FERPA

    FIIE

    Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

    FULL INDIVIDUAL & INITIAL EVALUATION

    IDEA

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (PL 101-476)

    IEP

    Individualized Education Program

    ID

    Intellectual Disability

    ITP

    Individual Transition Plan

    LD

    Learning Disability

    MD

    Multiple Disabilities

    NCLB

    No Child Left Behind

    NICHY

    National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

    OCD

    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    ODD

    Oppositional Defiant Disorder

    OHI

    Other Health Impairment

    OI

    Orthopedic Impairment

    O & M

    Orientation and Mobility

    OJT

    On Job Training

    OT

    Occupational Therapy

    PAC

    Parent Advisory Committee

    PDD

    Pervasive Developmental Disorder

    PLAAFP

    Present Levels of Academic Achievement & Functional Performance

    PPCD

    Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities

    PT

    Physical Therapy

    RDSPD

    Regional Day School Program for the Deaf

    SAMA

    Satori Alternatives to Managing Aggression

    SI

    Speech Impairment

    SLP

    Speech-Language Pathologist

    STAAR

    The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness

    TEA

    Texas Education Agency

    TEKS

    Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

    TRC

    Texas Rehabilitation Commission

    TSB

    Texas School for the Blind

    TSD

    Texas School for the Deaf

    VI

    Visual Impairment