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504 Plan
Provides students access to the curriculum. It is not a Special Education service. Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
ABA
Applied Behavior Analysis - a type of therapy that focuses on improving specific behaviors, such as social skills, communication, academics and adaptive learning skills
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
AEP
Alternative Education Program
ADD
Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AI
Auditory Impairment (Interchangeable with Hearing Impairment HI)
APE
Adaptive PE
ARD
Admission Review and Dismissal – a meeting to initiate, revise and/or dismiss special education services.
AU
Autism Disorder
AT
Assistive Technology
AYP
Annual Yearly Progress
BIP
Behavior Intervention Plan
CTE
Career Technical Education
DAEP
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program
DB
Deaf Blind
DD
Developmental Delay
DP
Due Process
ECI
Early Childhood Intervention
ED
Emotional Disturbance
ELL
English Language Learner
ESC
Education Service Center
ESL
English as a Second Language
ESY
Extended School Year Services - Services provided over the summer in order to prevent regression
FAPE
Free and Appropriate Pubic Education – part of IDEA
FBA
Functional Behavior Assessment – used to create a BIP
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act – protects the privacy of students' personally identifiable information (PII)
FIE
Full Individual Evaluation - an assessment of an individual's abilities to determine their eligibility and needs for Special Education services.
FVE
Functional Vision Evaluation
HI
Hearing Impaired (Interchangeable with Auditory Impairment AI)
ID
Intellectual Disability
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004
IEE
Independent Educational Evaluation – not a school district evaluation, but can be at public expense
IEP
Individualized Education Plan (created in the ARD meeting)
LEA
Local Education Agency
LEP
Limited English Proficiency
LRE
Least Restrictive Environment
LSSP
Licensed Specialist in School Psychology
LVE
Low Vision Evaluation
MD
Multiple Disabilities
MDR
Manifestation Determination Review - a process, required by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 2004), conducted when considering the exclusion of a student with a disability that constitutes a change of placement.
NCLB
No Child Left Behind
O&M
Orientation and Mobility
OCR
US Office for Civil Rights
OHI
Other Health Impairment
OI
Orthopedic Impairment
OSEP
Office of Special Education Programs (US DEPT. Of ED)
OSERS
Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services
OT
Occupational Therapy
PBIS
Positive Behavior Intervention Supports
PEIMS
Public Education Information Management System
PLAAFP
Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
PPCD
Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities
PT
Physical Therapy
RDSPD
Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
REED
Review of Existing Evaluation Data
SEA
State Education Data
SHARS
School Health and Related Services (Medicaid)
SLD/LD
Specific Learning Disability
SI/SLI
Speech Impairment/Speech Language Impairment
SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
SSI
Student Success Initiative
STAAR
State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness
STAAR-Alt
State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness - Alternate
STAAR EOC
State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness - End of Course
TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury
TBVI
Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired
TELPAS
Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System
TEA
Texas Education Agency
TEKS
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TSBVI
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
TSD
Texas School for the Deaf
STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
TWC
Texas Workforce Commission
VI
Visual Impairment
VR
Vocational Rehabilitation
