ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD         

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

AEP

Alternative Educational Program

AI              

Auditory Impairment

ALE            

Applied Learning Environment (Program)

AMC

Academic Mastery Center

APE            

Adapted Physical Education

ARD            

Admissions, Review, and Dismissal

ATP             

Assistive Technology Program

AU

Autism

BIC

Behavior Intervention Center/Classroom

BIP

Behavior Intervention Plan

BMC

Behavioral Mastery Center/Classroom

CBI              

Community Based Instruction

CHILD

Consultative Help for Individual Learning Decisions Process

CMC          

Content Mastery Center

CP               

Cerebral Palsy

CPI              

Crisis Prevention Institute

DB               

Deaf Blind

DSM      

Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition)

ECI

Early Childhood Intervention

ED           

Emotional Disturbance

EPS

Employment Placement Specialist (formerly VAC)

ESY

Extended School Year (formally EYS)

FAPE     

Free and Appropriate Public Education

FBA

Functional Behavioral Assessment

FERPA      

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

IA              

Instructional Assistant

IDEA         

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (PL 101-476)

IEP       

Individualized Education Program

ITP           

Individual Transition Plan

LAP        

Learning Accomplishment Profile

LC

Local Curriculum

LD           

Learning Disability

LDAA

Locally Developed Alternative Assessment

Level IV

Now referred to Academic Mastery Center (AMC) at elementary or Local Curriculum in secondary

MD             

Multiple Disabilities

MR           

Mental Retardation

NICHY       

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

OCD          

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

ODD          

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OH

Other Health Impairment (also OHI)

OHI            

Other Health Impairment

OI               

Orthopedic Impairment

O & M

Orientation and Mobility

OJT

On Job Training

OT            

Occupational Therapy

PAC        

Parent Advisory Committee

PATH     

Partnerships Assisting Texans with Handicaps

PDD        

Pervasive Developmental Disorder

PPCD      

Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities

PT         

Physical Therapy

REACH

Resource for Autistic Children

RDSPD

Regional Day School Program for the Deaf

SDAA

State Developed Alternative Assessment

SI           

Speech Impairment

SLP         

Speech-Language Pathologist

TAAS      

Texas Assessment of Academic Skills

TAKS

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills

TASP       

Texas Academic Skills Program

TEA         

Texas Education Agency

TEACCH

Treatment and Education of Autistic Children with Communication Handicaps

TEKS       

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

TRC

Texas Rehabilitation Commission

VI            

Visual Impairment