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1 Special Education Acronyms ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADD ADHD ASD ASR ATC B/VI BIP CA CAC CADI CAP CBVT CEC CFR CLASS CNS COTA CP CTARS CTIC CUHCC DAPE DCD DD Attention Deficit Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder Assessment Summary Report Assistive Technology Center Blind/Visual Impairment Behavior Intervention Plan Chronological Age Community Alternative Care Community Alternatives for Disabled Individuals Corrective Action Plan Community Based Vocation Training (Transition Plus) Council for Exceptional Children Code of Federal Regulations Coordinating Learner for Academics and Social Success (A Federal Setting III academic support program for kids significantly discrepant from their peers) Central Nervous System Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant Cerebral Palsy Comprehensive Teaming to Assure Resiliency in Students (Team that considers interventions for students) Community Transition Interagency Committee Community/University Health Care Center Developmental Adapted Physical Education Developmental Cognitive Delay Developmentally Delayed

2 D/HH DHS D.L.C. DPF DPP DSM IV EACHCA E/BD ECSE ESL ESY EVALUATION FAPE FAS FBA Federal Setting FERPA FR GPCDD HCJC HI ICALL IDEA IDELR IDT IEE Deaf/Hard of Hearing Department of Human Services Disability Law Center Due Process Facilitator Due Process Paraprofessional Diagnostic Statistical Manual 4 th Edition Education for All Handicapped Children Act Emotional/ Behavioral Disorders Early Childhood Special Education Birth to Five English as a Second Language Extended School Year Testing to determine disability status and eligibility for special education services Free Appropriate Public Education Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Functional Behavior Assessment Refers to the percentage of time a student spends in Special Education, away from regular ed peers: Federal Setting I Less than 21% Federal Setting II 21% - 60% Federal Setting III 60% or more Federal Setting IV Separate Special Ed Site Federal Setting V Public hospital, day treatment, correctional facility, etc. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Federal Register Governor s Planning Council of Developmental Disabilities Hennepin County Juvenile Center Hearing Impaired International Center for Accelerated Language Learners Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (formerly the Education for the Handicapped Act) Individuals with Disabilities Education Law Report Intensive Day Treatment Independent Educational Evaluation

3 IEIC IEP IFSP IIIP IQ ISD LCTS LEA LD LRE MA MICE M/MMI MNDCFL MPS MR MS M/SMI MTC OCR OHD OHI OMB OMC OSEP OSERS OT OTC Interagency Early Intervention Committee Individual Education Plan Individual Family Service Plan Individual Interagency Intervention Plan Intelligent Quotient Independent School District Local Collaborative Time Study Local Education Agency (school district) Learning Disability Least Restrictive Environment Medical Assistance Mother and Infant Care Education Mild/Moderate Mentally Impaired Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning Minneapolis Public Schools Mentally Retarded Multiple Sclerosis Moderate/Severely Mentally Impaired Minneapolis Technical College Office of Civil Rights (of U.S. Department of Education) Other Health Disabilities Other Health Impaired Office of Management and Budget Office of Monitoring and Compliance Office of Special Education programs (of U.S. Department of Education) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (of U.S. Department of Education) Occupational Therapist or Therapy Occupational Therapist Clinician

4 PACE PDD PDD/NOS PE PH PI P.L. POHI PT PTSD/S REASSESSMENT/ REEVALUATION SAP SEA SEAC SEPP SES SICC SILS SL SNAP SPAN SPEN SP/LI or SP/L SPLISE SLD SMI SRT Pregnant Adolescent Continuing Education Pervasive Developmental Disorders Pervasive Developmental Disorders Not Otherwise Specified Physical Education Physically Handicapped Physically Impaired Public Law Physical and Other Health Impairments Physical Therapist or Therapy Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/Syndrome Testing Done Within 3 Years of Original Assessment State Advisory Panel State Education Agency Special Education Advisory Council Special Education Placement Policy Special Education Services State Interagency Coordination Council Semi Independent Living Services Speech/Language Student Needing Alternative Program (waiver) Student Receives Academic Support in Federal Setting I or II Special Programs for Adolescent Needs EBD Middle/High School Special programs for Elementary Needs EBD Elementary School Speech or Language Impairments Special Education Low Incidence Services in Education Specific Learning Disabilities Severely Multiple Impaired Speech Reception Threshold

5 SSDI SSI SW TBI TEFRA TREC USC VAKT VI VOA WISC/R WRAT/R YCB Social Security Disability Income Supplemental Security Income Social Worker Traumatic Brain Injury Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (access to medical assistance) Transition Resources and Education in the Community United States Code Visual/Auditory/Kinesthetic/Tactile Visually Impaired Volunteers of America Alternative School Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised Youth Coordinating Board

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