- Elmsford Union Free School District
- Frequently Used Acronyms
Special Education & PPS
- Welcome
- Letter From The Director
- Distance Learning FAQ's
- School Closing Procedures (CSE & CPSE)
- 2021-2023 Academic Intervention Services Plan
- 2021-2023 Response To Intervention District Plan
- 2021-2023 Special Education District Plan
- The Special Education Process
- Continuum of Services
- Committee on Preschool Special Education
- What Is Preschool Special Education?
- What is the Committee on Special Education?
- Special Education Classifications
- Frequently Used Acronyms
- Legal Services & Advocacy Groups
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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