Special
Education Acronyms
| Acronyms |
Title | Additional Resources |
| ADA |
Americans
with Disabilities Act |
|
| ADHD | Attention
Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder |
Children and Adults with
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| APE |
Adaptive
Physical Education |
|
| ASL |
American
Sign Language |
|
| AT | Assistive
Technology |
|
| AYP | Annual
Yearly Progress |
|
| CST | Child
Support Team |
CST Process at Chaplin Elementary School |
| CBA |
Curriculum
Based Assessment |
|
| COTA | Certified
Occupational Therapist Assistant |
|
| D & E | Diagnosis
and Evaluation |
|
| DAP | Developmentally
Appropriate Practices |
|
| ELL | English
Language Learner |
|
| DI | Direct
Instruction |
|
| FAPE | Free
Appropriate Public Education |
Questions about answered by the Department of Education |
| FBA | Functional
Behavior Assessment |
from the Council for Exceptional Children |
| ID | Intellectual
Disability |
|
| IDEA | Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act |
US
Department of Education - |
| IEP | Individualized
Education Plan |
A
by the Department of Education |
| IFSP | Individualized
Family Service Plan |
from the Council
for Exceptional Children from Early Childhood Connections |
| LD | Learning
Disability |
: Web site on learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and other
professionals : Learning Disabilities Association of America : National Center for Learning Disabilities |
| LEA | Local
Education Agency |
|
| LRE | Least
Restrictive Environment |
|
| NCLB | No
Child Left Behind Act |
Questions
about
answered by the Department of Education |
| OCD | Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder |
|
| OHI | Other
Health Impairment |
|
| OT | Occupational
Therapist |
|
| PPT | Planning
and Placement Team |
Planning and Placement
Team Meeting |
| PT | Physical
Therapist |
|
| SBS | School
wide Behavior Supports |
|
| SECTION 504 | Part
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
Information
about by WrightsLaw 504 General Information at Chaplin Elementary School |
| SLP | Speech
& Language Pathologist |
|
| SPED | Special
Education |
|
| TAG | Talented
and Gifted |
for Parents from the CT Dept. of Ed |
| TBI | Traumatic
Brain Injury |
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