• FREQUENTLY USED ACRONYMS

     

    ADA

    Americans with Disabilities Act

    ADL

    Activities of Daily Living

    AT

    Assistive Technology

    BIP

    Behavior Intervention Plan

    BOCES

    Board of Cooperative Educational Services

    BOE

    Board of Education

    CSE

    Committee on Special Education

    CP

    Cerebral Palsy

    CPSE

    Committee on Preschool Special Education

    DDSO

    Developmental Disabilities Service Office (local Office of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities)

    DSS

    Department of Social Services

    ECDC

    Early Childhood Direction Centers

    ED

    Emotionally Disabled

    ESY

    Extended School Year

    FAPE

    Free Appropriate Public Education

    FBA

    Functional Behavior Plan

    FERPA

    Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act of 1974 (“Buckley Amendment” on Confidentiality)

    504

    Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-112, Section 504)

    ID

    Intellectual difficulty

    IDEA

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    IDEIA

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

    IEP

    Individualized Education Program

    IH

    Impartial Hearing

    IHO

    Impartial Hearing Officer

    IST

    Instructional Support Team

    IQ

    Intelligence Quotient

    LD

    Learning Disabled

    LEA

    Local Educational Agency

    LRE

    Least Restrictive Environment

    OSES

    Office for Special Education Services

    OMH

    Office of Mental Health

    OMRDD

    Office of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities

    OMS

    Orientation and Mobility Services

    OT

    Occupational Therapy/Occupational Therapist

    PT

    Physical Therapy/Physical Therapist

    RTI

    Response to Intervention

    SED

    State Education Department

    SETRC

    Special Education Training & Resource Centers

    SSI

    Supplemental Security Income

    VESID

    Office of Vocational & Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities

     

    DIAGNOSIS

    ADHD

    Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder

    AS

    Asperger Syndrome

    ASD

    Autism Spectrum Disorder

    DD

    Developmentally Delayed

    NOS

    Not Otherwise Specified

    OCD

    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    ODD

    Oppositional Defiant disorder

    PDD

    Pervasive Developmental Disorder

    PTSD

    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    TS

    Tourette Syndrome

     

    PROGRAMS

    CT

    Consultant Teacher

    CTM

    Collaborative Teaching Model

    RR

    Resource Room

    15:1

    Special Class with ration of 15 students: 1 teacher

    12:1:1

    Special Class with ratio of 12 students: 1 teacher; 1 paraprofessional

    12:1:2

    Special Class with ratio of 12 students: 1 teacher: 2 paraprofessionals

    6:1:2

    Special Class with ratio of 6 students: 1 teacher: 2 paraprofessionals

     

    TESTING

    BRIEF

    Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning

    C-TONI

    Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence

    GORT

    Grey Oral Reading Test

    PAL

    Process Assessment of the Learner

    PH

    Piers Harris

    SS

    Standard Score

    TONI

    Test of Nonverbal Intelligence

    TOWL

    Test of Written Language

    VMI

    Visual Motor Integration

    WAIS

    Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

    WASI

    Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence

    WIAT

    Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

    WISC V

    Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 5th Edition

    WJ

    Woodcock Johnson

    WPPSI

    Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence