Acronyms

An acronym is a shortcut for a string of words that go together.  It is usually formed by taking the first letters of the words and capitalizing them.  Here are some of the acronyms you are likely to hear in an early intervention or special education meeting.

ABA                  Applied Behavior Analysis

ADA                 Americans with Disabilities Act

ACT                  Autism Consulting Teacher

ADD/ADHD   Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/Attention Deficit Disorder

APR                  Annual Performance Report

ASD                  Autism Spectrum Disorders

ASL                   American Sign Language

AT                     Assistive Technology

BCBA                Board Certified Behavior Analyst

BISS                  Behavior Intensive Support Services

BOE                  Board of Education

BSP                   Behavioral Support Plan

CAMDH           Child & Adolescent Mental Health Division (DOH)

CAS                   Complex Area Superintendent

CCC/CCCO     Community Children’s Council/ Community Children’s Council Office

CCSS                Common Core State Standards

CP                     Cerebral Palsy

CSSS                Comprehensive Student Support System

DB                    Deaf/Blindness

DD                    Developmental Delay or Developmental Disabilities

DES                  District Educational Specialist

DOE                 Department of Education

DOH                Department of Health

EA                     Educational Assistant

ED                    Emotional Disability

EI                      Early Intervention or Educational Interpreter

EL/ELL           English Learner/English Language Learner

EPSDT             Early & Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment

ESSA                Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015

ESY                   Extended School Year

FAPE                Free Appropriate Public Education

FBA                  Functional Behavioral Assessment

FERPA            Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

FGC                 Family Guidance Center (CAMHD)

GE                   Geographic Exception

HDRC             Hawaii Disability Rights Center

HH                  Hard of Hearing

HSA-Alt         Hawaii State Alternate Assessment

IAES               Interim Alternate Educational Setting

ID                    Intellectual Disability

IDEA              Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004

IEP                 Individualized Education Program

IFSP               Individualized Family Support Plan (Early Intervention Section)

IQ                   Intelligence Quotient

ISP                  Individualized Service Plan (Developmental Disabilities Division)

ISS                  In-School Suspension

LD/SLD         Learning Disability/Specific Learning Disability

LDAH             Leadership in Disabilities and Achievement Hawaii

LRE                Least Restrictive Environment

MAPS             McGill Action Planning System

MD                 Multiple Disabilities or Muscular Dystrophy

MP                  Modification Plan (Section 504)

MS                  Multiple Sclerosis

OCD               Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OCR               Office for Civil Rights

OD                 Orthopedic Disability

ODD              Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OHD              Other Health Disability

OS                  Occupational Skills

OSEP             Office of Special Education Programs (U.S. DOE)

OSSS             Office of Student Support Services

OT                 Occupational Therapy

PBS               Positive Behavioral Supports

PCNC            Parent Community Networking Center

PCS                Public Charter Schools

PDD               Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PECS             Picture Exchange Communication System

PLEP             Present Levels of Educational Performance

PPT/PTT      Para-Professional Tutor/Part-time Temporary Teacher

PSN               Procedural Safeguards Notice

PSPP             Private School Participation Project

PWN             Prior Written Notice

QA                 Quality Assurance

RBT              Registered Behavioral Technician

RT                 Resource Teacher

RTI               Response to Intervention

SBA              Smarter Balanced Assessment

SBBH           School-Based Behavioral Health

SCC              School Community Council

SoLD/SLD  Speech or Language Disability or Specific Learning Disability

SSC               Student Services Coordinator

SSIP              State Systemic Improvement Plan

TBI                Traumatic Brain Injury

TS                  Tourette Syndrome

VI                   Visual Disability/Impairment

504                Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1975

618                 Annual state data required under IDEA

619                 District Coordinators for Preschool Special Education

Comments are closed