ABA – Applied Behavioral Analysis

ACCES VR – Adult Career and Continuing Education Services – Vocational Rehabilitation

ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADL – Activities of Daily Living

AE – Age Equivalent

AHRC – Association for the Help of Retarded Children

AIS – Academic Intervention Services

AIT – Auditory Integration Training

AS – Asperger Syndrome Disorder

AT – Assistive Technology

BIP – Behavior Intervention Plan

BOCES – Board of Cooperative Educational Services

BOE – Board of Education

CP – Cerebral Palsy

CPSE – Committee on Preschool Education

CSE – Committee on Special Education

CT – Consultant Teacher

DD – Developmental Disability

DFY – Division for Youth

DOH – Department of Health

DSS – Department of Social Services

ED – Emotional Disturbance

EI – Early Intervention

FAS – Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

FBA – Functional Behavior Assessment

FTE – Full Time Equivalent

FY – Fiscal Year

ICF – Intermediate Care Facility

ICT – Integrated Co-Teaching

ID – Intellectual Disability

IDEA – Individual’s with Disabilities Education Act

IEE – Independent Education Evaluation

IEP – Individual Education Plan

IESP – Individual Education Service Plan

IH – Impartial Hearing

IHO – Impartial Hearing Officer

ILC – Independent Living Center

IST – Instructional Support Team

IQ – Intelligence Quotient

LCSW – Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LD – Learning Disability

LRE – Least Restrictive Environment

MD – Multiple Disabilities

NI – Neurological Impairment

NYCPP – New York Codes, Rules and Regulations

NYSARC – New York State Association of Retarded Children

NYSAA – New York State Alternate Assessment

NYSED – New York State Education Department

OAD – Office of Advocate for the Disabled

OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

ODD – Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OHI – Other Health Impairment

OI – Orthopedically Impaired

OMH – Office of Mental Health

OMRDD – Office of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities

OT – Occupational Therapy

PBIS – Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

PDD – Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PDD-NOS – Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

PT – Physical Therapy

ROM – Range of Motion

RR – Resource Room

RTF – Residential Treatment Facility

RTI – Response to Intervention

SI – Sensory Integration

SLI – Speech or Language Impaired

SRO – State Review Officer

SS – Standard Score

SSI – Social Security Income

TEACCH – Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Children

TDD – Telecommunication Device for the Deaf

TLC – Test f Language Competency

TOLD-2 – Test of Language Development-2

VI – Visual Impairment

VMI – Visual Motor Integration

WAIS – Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-

WIAT – Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

WISC – Wechsler Intelligence Scale 

WJ – Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery 

WRAT– Wide Range Achievement Test