ACRONYMS
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The following is a list of acronyms or terms that you may encounter throughout your child’s education:
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