Helpful Acronyms

ADA – American with Disabilities Act

ADD/ADHD – Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder

APE – Adaptive Physical Education

AE – Age Equivalent

AIS – Academic Intervention Services

ASL – American Sign Language

AT – Assistive Technology

AU – Autism

BOCES – Board of Cooperative Educational Services

BOE – Board of Education

CPSE – Committee on Preschool Special Education

CSE – Committee on Special Education

DB – Deaf and Blind

DD – Developmental Disability

DHH – Deaf/Hard of Hearing

ED – Emotionally Disturbed

FAPE – Free and Appropriate Public Education

FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEE – Independent Education Evaluation

IEP – Individualized Education Program

IH – Impartial Hearing

IQ – Intelligence Quotient

LD – Learning Disabled

LRE – Least Restrictive Environment

MD – Multiple Disabilities

MR – Mentally Retarded

OHI – Other health Impaired

OI – Orthopedically Impaired

OT – Occupational Therapy

PDD – Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PT – Physical Therapy

SED – State Education Department

SEIT – Special Education Itinerant Teacher Services

SETRC – Special Education Training Resource Centers

SI – Speech Impaired

TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury

TDD – Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf

VESID – Office of Vocational & Educational Services For Individuals with Disabilities

VI – Visually Impaired

VR – Vocational Rehabilitation