Students with Disabilities
Acronyms Used in Special Education
Initial/Acronym |
Explanation |
ABE |
Adult Basic Education |
ABI |
Acquired Brain Injury |
ABS |
Adaptive Behavior Scale |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
ADM |
Average Daily Membership |
ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
ADSIS |
Alternative Delivery of Specialized Instructional Services |
AEM |
Accessible Educational Material |
AIDS |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
ALC |
Area Learning Centers |
APR |
Annual Performance Report |
ASD |
Autism Spectrum Disorders |
ASL |
American Sign Language |
AT |
Assistive Technology |
AYP |
Adequate Yearly Progress |
BOSA |
Board of School Administrators |
BOT |
Board of Teaching |
BVI |
Blind/Visually Impaired |
CAP |
Corrective Action Plan |
CEIS |
Coordinated Early Intervening Services |
CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
CIMP |
Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process (See MNCIMP and MNCIMP:SR) |
CLASS |
Coordinating Learner for Academics and Social Success (A Federal Setting III academic support) |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
CNS |
Central Nervous System |
COMS |
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist |
CP |
Cerebral Palsy |
CSH |
Coordinated School Health |
CSPR |
Consolidated State Performance Report |
CT |
Computed Tomography |
CTIC |
Community Transition Interagency Committee |
CVI |
Cortical / Cerebral Visual Impairment |
DAPE |
Developmental Adaptive Physical Education |
DB |
Deaf-Blind |
DCD |
Developmental Cognitive Disabilities |
DD |
Developmental Delay |
DHH |
Deaf/Hard of Hearing |
DHS |
Department of Human Services |
DIRS |
Disciplinary Incident Reporting System |
DLC |
Disability Law Center |
DOC |
Department of Corrections |
DSM |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
EBD |
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders |
EC |
Early Childhood |
ECFE |
Early Childhood Family Education |
ECSE |
Early Childhood Special Education (Birth-5) |
ECSU |
Education Cooperative Service Unit |
EDGAR |
Education Department General Administrative Regulations |
EDRS |
Electronic Data Reporting System |
EEP |
Emergency Evacuation Plan |
EI |
Early Intervention |
EL |
English Learner |
ER |
Evaluation Report |
ESEA |
Elementary Secondary Education Act |
ESL |
English as a Second Language |
ESU |
Education Service Unit |
ESY |
Extended School Year |
F&R |
Free and Reduced |
FAE |
Fetal Alcohol Effects |
FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
FASD |
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder |
FBA |
Functional Behavioral Assessment |
Federal Setting |
Refers to the percentage of time a student spends in special education: |
Federal Setting I |
0-21 percent in special education |
Federal Setting II |
21-60 percent in special education |
Federal Setting III |
60 percent or more in special education |
Federal Setting IV |
separate special education site |
Federal Setting V |
public hospital, day treatment, correctional facility, etc. |
FERPA |
Family Educational Rights to Privacy Act (The Buckley Amendment) |
FFY |
Federal Fiscal Year |
FR |
Federal Register |
FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
GED |
General Education Development |
GLBTQ |
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning |
HCJC |
Hennepin County Juvenile Center |
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HQ |
Highly Qualified |
IASA |
Improving Americas' Schools Act |
ICC |
Interagency Coordinating Council |
IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
IEE |
Independent Educational Evaluation |
IEIC |
Interagency Early Intervention Committee |
IEP |
Individualized Education Program |
IFCSP |
Individual Family Community Support Plan |
IFSP |
Individualized Family Service Plan |
IHE |
Institution of Higher Education |
IHP |
Individual Health Plan |
IIIP |
Individual Interagency Intervention Plan |
IQ |
Intelligence Quotient |
ISD |
Independent School District |
LD |
Learning Disabilities |
LEA |
Local Educational Agency (e.g., school district, charter school, etc.) |
LEP |
Limited English Proficient |
LPN |
Licensed Practical Nurse |
LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
LSTA |
Library Services and Technology Act |
MA |
Medical Assistance |
MAEF |
Minnesota's Academic Excellence Foundation |
MARSS |
Minnesota Automated Reporting Student System |
MCA |
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment |
MCIS |
Minnesota Career Information System |
MDE |
Minnesota Department of Education |
MESPA |
Minnesota Elementary School Principal's Association |
MH |
Mental Health |
MHCP |
Minnesota Health Care Programs |
MMR |
Multiple Measurements Rating |
MnCIMP |
Minnesota Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process |
MnCIMP:SR |
Minnesota Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process: Self Review |
MnSEMS |
Minnesota Special Education Mediation Service |
MnSIC |
Minnesota System of Interagency Coordination |
MNTAFS |
Minnesota Technical Assistance for Family Support |
MOE |
Maintenance of Effort |
MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
MS |
Multiple Sclerosis |
MSBA |
Minnesota School Board Association |
MSS |
Minnesota Student Survey |
MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
MTC |
Minneapolis Technical College |
MTSS |
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support |
N&D |
Neglected and Delinquent |
NAD |
National Association of the Deaf |
NAEP |
National Assessment of Education Progress |
NCAA |
National Collegiate Athletic Association |
NIMAC |
National Instructional Materials Access Center |
NIMAS |
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard |
NP |
Nurse Practitioner |
O&M |
Orientation and Mobility |
OCD |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
OCR |
Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education) |
OEO |
Office of Economic Opportunity |
OHD |
Other Health Disabilities |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education |
OSERS |
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, U.S. Department of Education |
OT |
Occupational Therapist or Therapy |
P&A |
Protection and Advocacy |
PACER |
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights Center |
Part C |
Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program |
PBIS |
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports |
PCA |
Personal Care Attendant |
PD |
Physical Disability |
PDD |
Pervasive Developmental Disorders |
PDD/NOS |
Pervasive Developmental Disorders Not Otherwise Specified |
PE |
Physical Education |
PFDA |
Pupil Fair Dismissal Act |
PI |
Physically Impaired |
PL |
Public Law |
PLAAFP |
Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance |
PSEO |
Postsecondary Enrollment Options |
PT |
Physical Therapy or Physical Therapist |
PTA |
Parents, Teachers and Students |
PTI |
Pathways to Employment |
PTSD |
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
RDA |
Results-Driven Accountability |
RLIF |
Regional Low Incidence Facilitator |
RLIP |
Regional Low Incidence Projects |
RRC |
Regional Resource Center |
RtI |
Response to Intervention |
SAT |
Scholastic Assessment Test |
SDFS |
Safe and Drug Free Schools |
SDFSC |
Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities |
SEA |
State Educational Agency |
SEAC |
Special Education Advisory Council (local) |
SEAP |
Special Education Advisory Panel (state) |
SEAU |
Special Education Administrative Unit |
Section 504 |
A federal law that protects a student with an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, regardless of whether the student receives special education services. |
SERVS |
State Educational Record View and Submission |
SIC |
State Interagency Coordination Committee |
SIMR |
State-Identified Measurable Result |
SL |
Speech/Language |
SLD |
Specific Learning Disability |
SLP |
Speech Language Pathologist |
SMI |
Severely Multiply Impaired |
SPDG |
State Personnel Development Grant |
SpEd or SPED |
Special Education |
SPP |
State Performance Plan |
SRBI |
Scientific, Research-Based Intervention |
SSA |
Social Security Act; Social Security Administration |
SSB |
State Services for the Blind and Visually Handicapped |
SSDI |
Social Security Disability Income |
SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
SSIP |
State Systemic Improvement Plan |
STAR |
Staff Automatic Reporting System |
STD |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
SW |
Social Worker |
SW-PBIS |
Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports |
TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
TBVI |
Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired |
TDD |
Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf |
TEAE |
Test of Emerging Academic English |
TIES |
Technology and Information Educational Services |
TSES |
Total Special Education System |
TTY |
Teletypewriter (Phone System for Deaf Individuals - see TDD) |
UDL |
Universal Design for Learning |
UEB |
Unified English Braille |
UFARS |
Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting System |
USC |
United States Code |
VI |
Visually Impaired |
VR |
Vocational Rehabilitation |
VSA |
Very Special Arts |
WIDA |
World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment |
WIOA |
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act |
WISC |
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
WSS |
Work Sampling System |
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