Acronyms Used In Special Education 

1. ADA
  1. American with Disabilities Act
  2. Average Daily Attendance

2.

ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
3. APE
Adapted Physical Education

4.

AU Administrative Unit
5. BICM Behavior Intervention Case Manager
6. BIP Behavior Intervention Plan
7. CAC Community Advisory Committee
8. CalSTAT California Services for Technical Assistance and Training
9. CAPA California Alternate Performance Based Assessment
10. CASEMIS California Special Education Management Information System
11. CBEDS California Special Education Management Information System
12. CCR
  1. California Code of Regulations
  2.  Coordinated Compliance Review
13. CCS California Children Services
14. COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
15. CDE California Department of Education
16. CFR Code of Federal Regulations
17. COE County Office of Education
18. DIS Designated Instructional Service
19. EC Education Code
20. ECE Early Childhood Education
21. ESY Extended School Year
22. FAA Functional Analysis Assessment
23. FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment
24. FAPE Free and Appropriate Public Education
25. FEP Fluent English Proficient
26. FERPA Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
27. FFH Foster Family Home
28. FM Focused Monitoring
29. FMTA Focused Monitoring Technical Assistance
30. FRC Family Resource Center
31. FTE Full-Time Equivalent
32. GGRC Golden Gate Regional Center
33. IA Instructional Assistant
34. IDEA Individualized with Disabilities Education Act
35. KPI Key Performance Indicators
36. HI Hearing Impairment
37. IEE Independent Educational Evaluation
38. IEP Individualized Educational Program
39. ISP Individual Services Plan
40. IFSP Individual Family Service Plan
41. ITP Individual Transition Plan
42. LCI Licensed Children's Institutions
43. LEA Local Educational Agency
44. LEP Limited English Proficient
45. LRE Least Restrictive Environment
46. MIS Management Information System
47. MR Mental Retardation
48. MTU Medical Therapy Unit
49. NPS/NPA Non-Public Schools/Non-Public Agencies
50. OCR

Office of Civil Rights

51. OHI Other Health Impairment
52. OI Orthopedic Impairment
53. O&M Orientation and Mobility
54. OSEP Office of Special Education Programs
55. OT/PT Occupational and Physical Therapy
56. QAP Quality Assurance Process
57. RLA Responsible Local Agency
58. RSP Resource Specialist Program
59. SEA State Educational Agency
60. SDC Special Day Class
61. SH Severe Handicap
62. SOP State Operated Programs
63. SLD Specific Learning Disability
64. SST Student Study Team
65. SLI Speech/Language Impairment
66. STAR State Testing and Reporting
67. TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
68. TDS Therapeutic Day School
69. ED Emotionally Disturbance
70. SEHO Special Education Hearing Office
71. SELPA
Special Education Local Plan Area
72. VI
Visual Impairment
 

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