Abbreviations   

 

AAD - adaptive assistive devices

ABA - applied behavior analysis

ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD - attention deficit disorder

ADHD - attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder

ADL - activities of daily living

AEA - acquired eleptiform aphasia (Landau-Kleffner syndrome)

AEP - alternative education placement

AI - auditorily impaired

AIDS - acquired immune deficiency syndrome

AP - advanced placement

APD - antisocial personality disorder; auditory processing disorder

APE - adaptive physical education

APPE - average per pupil expenditure

ASD - autism spectrum disorder

ASL - American Sign Language

AT - assistive technology

ATLFA - Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority

AU - autistic

AUT - autism

AYP - annual yearly progress

BEP - behavioral education plan

BIP - behavior intervention plan

BMP - behavior management plan

CA - chronological age

CAI - computer-assisted instruction

CAP - central auditory processing

CAPD - central auditory processing disorders

APD - auditory processing disorder

CBA - curriculum based assessment

CBM - curriculum based measurement

CD - communication development; conduct disorder

CDRC - child development and rehabilitation center

CDS - child development specialist

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

CIL - center for independent living

CNS - central nervous system

COTA - certified occupational therapist assistant

CP - cerebral palsy

CPSE - committee on preschool special education

CSA - childhood sexual abuse

CSB - Community Service Board

CSE - case study evaluation; committee on special education

CSS - community support service

CTT - community transition team

D&E - diagnosis and evaluation

DAS - developmental apraxia of speech

DB; DBL - deaf-blind

DCD - developmental coordination disorder

D - deaf

DD - developmental disabilities; developmentally delayed

DDC - developmental disabilities council

DDD - division of developmental disabilities

DHHAP - deaf and hard of hearing access program

DI - direct instruction

DMAS - Department of Medical Assistance Services

DOE - Department of Education

DON - determination of need

DREDF - Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

DRG - diagnostically related groups

DSM - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (for Mental Disorders)

DRS - Department of Rehabilitative Services

EBD - emotional and behavioral disorders EC early childhood; exceptional child[ren]

ECE - early childhood education

ECI - early childhood intervention

ECSE - early childhood special education

ECT - early childhood team

ED - emotionally disturbed; emotional disorders;

US - Department of Education

EHA - Education for All Handicapped Children Act (since 1990, known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA])

EI - early intervention

EI/ECSE - early intervention/early childhood special education

EMDR - eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

EMH -educable mentally handicapped

EMR -educably mentally retarded

EPSDT -early periodic screening diagnosis and treatment program

ERC - education resource center

ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center

ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act

ESL - English as a second language

ESY -extended school year

FAPE - free appropriate public education

FBA - functional behavior assessment

FC - facilitated communication; foster care

FERPA - Family Educational Rights to Privacy Act (aka the Buckley Amendment)

FY - fiscal year

GT - gifted and talented

HI - health impaired; hearing impaired

HOH - hard of hearing

HS -head start; high school

HSC - high school completion

ICF - intermediate care facility

IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEE - independent education evaluation

IEP - individualized education program

IFA - individualized functional assessment

IFSP - individualized family service plan

IHO - impartial hearing officer

ILC - independent living center

ILP - independent living plan

IPE - individualized plan for employment

IQ - intelligence quotient

ISS - in school suspension

ITP - individualized transition plan (similar to IEP)

JOBS - job opportunities and basic skills

JJAEP - juvenile justice alternative education

LD - learning disabilities; learning disabled

LEA - local education agency

LIFE - living in functional environments

LoF - Letter of Finding issued by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

LRE - least restrictive environment

LSSP - licensed specialist in school psychology

MA - mental age

MBD - minimal brain dysfunction

MDT - multidisciplinary team; manifest determination team

M/ED - mental or emotional disturbance

MH - multiply handicapped

MHM - multihandicapped mainstream

MHMR - mental health mental retardation

MMR - mild mental retardation

MR - mentally retarded or mental retardation

MR/DD - mentally retarded/developmentally disabled

MR/MED - mentally retarded and mentally or emotionally disturbed (sometimes referred to as dual diagnosis)

NCES - National Center for Education Statistics

NCLB; NCLBA - No Child Left Behind Act

NDT - neurodevelopmental treatment

NSBA - National School Boards Association

OCD - obsessive compulsive disorder

OCR - Office of Civil Rights

ODD - oppositional defiant disorder

OH - orthopedically handicapped

OHI - other health impairments

OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education

OT - occupational therapy/therapist

OT/PT - occupational therapy/physical therapy

P and A - protection and advocacy (VOPA)

PACER - parent advocacy coalition for educational rights center

PALS - peer-assisted learning system

PCA - personal care attendant

PCD - perceptual communicative disability

PDD - pervasive development disorder

PDD-NOS - pervasive development disorder—not otherwise specified

PEATC - parent education advocacy training center

PECS - picture exchange communication system

PEL - present education level

PIP - Partners in Policymaking

PIQ - performance IQ

PLI - pragmatic language impairment

PLOP - present level of performance

PPCD - preschool program for children with disabilities

PRE-K - pre-kindergarten

PT - physical therapy/therapist

PTA - physical therapist assistant; post-traumatic amnesia

PTG - parent teacher group

PTSD - post-traumatic stress disorder

PVS - persistent vegetative state; private vocational schools

PY - project year

RAD - reactive attachment disorder

RDD - reading disorder-dyslexia

R&D - research & development

RSP - resource specialist (regional term)

RTI - response to intervention

SAT - scholastic aptitude test

SBE; SBOE - state board of education

SE - special education

SEA - state education agency; state education association

SEAC - Special Education Advisory Committee

SECC - special education child count

SECTION 504 - a part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 making it illegal for any organization receiving federal funds to discriminate against a person solely on the basis of disability

SED - seriously emotionally disturbed

SI - speech impaired

SIB - self-injurious behavior

SLD - specific learning disability

SLI - Speech and Language Impairment

SLP - speech-language pathologist

SOL - standards of learning

SPD - semantic pragmatic disorder

SPED - special education

SPLD - semantic pragmatic language disorder

SSA - social security act; SSA Social Security Administration

SSD - social security disability

SSDI - social security disability income

SSI - statewide systemic initiative; supplemental security income

TAG - talented and gifted

TAP-VA - The Autism Program of VA(Commonwealth Autism)

TBI - traumatic brain injury

TDD - telecommunication devices for the deaf

TMH - trainable mentally handicapped

TMR - trainably mentally retarded

TPP - transition planning process

TTY - teletypewriter (phone system for deaf individuals—see TDD)

VAAP -

VAB - Virginia Association for the Blind

VARC - Virginia Autism Resource Center

VCAT - Virginia Council for Assistive Technology

VBPD - Virginia Board for People with Disabilities

VCU - Virginia Commonwealth University

VDA - Virginians with Disabilities Act

VDDHH - Virginia Department for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

VDH - Virginia Department of Health

VEC - Virginia Employment Commission

VGLA - Virginia Grade Level Assessment

VHDA - Virginia Housing Development Authority

VI - Visually Impaired

VIB - Virginia Industries for the Blind

VITC - Virginia Intercommunity Transition Council

VOPA - Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy

VR - Vocational Rehabilitation

VRCBVI - Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

VRD - vocational rehabilitation division

VSDB - Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind

WISC-R - Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised

WISC-III - Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition

WWRC - Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center

YLF - Youth Leadership Forum

YTP - youth transition program

 

Internet Abbreviations

:-) happy
:-( sad
:-> very happy
:-< terribly sad
:-0 laughing
:'-( crying
:-P sticking tongue out
:-O yawning
B-) I wear glasses
:-* kiss
?:-o surprise
{} hugs
;-) wink
:-x say nothing
£-) greedy

Short Forms

dh - da Hubby

ds - da son or da spouse

dd - da daughter

dw - da wife

dm - da mother

mil - mother in law

fil - father in law

bil - brother in law

sil - sister in law

lol - Laugh out loud

pmsl - peeing myself laughing ( don't want to use the cuss word..lol )

LMBO - Laughing my butt off

roflmbo - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Butt Off

brb - be right back

wb - Welcome back