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Home > INSTRUCTION > Special Education > what_are_common_abbreviations

What are common abbreviations in special education?

ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADL Activities for Daily Living
ALJ Administrative Law Judge
Alt-MSA Alternative Maryland School Assessment
AMO Annual Measurable Objective
APE Adaptive Physical Education
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
AT Assistive Technology
AYP Annual Yearly Progress
BIP Behavioral Intervention Plan
BMP Behavior Management Plan
CCEIS Comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services
CEIS Coordinated Early Intervening Services
CFR Code of Federal Regulation
COMAR Code of Maryland Regulations
DD Developmental Disability or Developmental Delay
DDA Developmental Disabilities Administration
DEI/SES Division of Early Intervention and Special Education Services
DHMH Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ED Emotional Disability
EI Early Intervention
ESY Extended School Year Services
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment
FSS Family Support Services
HI Hearing Impaired
HSA High School Assessments (Maryland)
ID Intellectual Disability
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP Individualized Education Program
IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan
LD Learning Disabilities
LEA Local Education Agency
LICC Local Interagency Coordinating Council
LITP Local Infants and Toddlers Program
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
LSS Local School System
MA Medical Assistance
MCAP Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program
MITP Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program
Mod-HSA Modified High School Assessment
Mod-MSA Modified Maryland School Assessment
MSA Maryland School Assessment
MSAA Maryland State Alternate Assessment
MSDE Maryland State Department of Education
NCLB No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
NE Natural Environment
NLD/NVLD Nonverbal Learning Disability
OAH Office of Administrative Hearings
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCR Office for Civil Rights, US Dept of Education
OHI Other Health Impaired
OI Orthopedic Impairment
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs (federal)
OT Occupational Therapy
PA Public Agency
PBIS Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
PBS Positive Behavior Supports
PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified
PLOP Present Level of Performance
PT Physical Therapy
PTIC Parent Training and Information Center
SECAC Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee
SESAC Special Education State Advisory Committee
SICC State Interagency Coordinating Council
SIT School Improvement Team
SLD Specific Learning Disability
SLP Speech-Language Pathology
SST School Service Team
TA Technical Assistance
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TDD/TTY Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
UDL Universal Design for Learning
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