Acronyms Used in Special Education A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W A B C D ABE Adult Basic Education ABI Acquired Brain Injury ABS Adaptive Behavior Scale ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADD Attention Deficit Disorder ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADM Average Daily Membership ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution ADSIS Alternative Delivery of Specialized Instructional Services AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome AIM Accessible Instructional Material ALC Area Learning Centers APR Annual Performance Report ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders ASL American Sign Language AT Assistive Technology BOSA BOT BVI CAP CFR CIMP CLASS CNS COMS CP CSH CT CTIC DAPE DB DCD DD Board of School Administrators Board of Teaching Blind/Visually Impaired Corrective Action Plan Code of Federal Regulations Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process (See MNCIMP & MNCIMP:SR) Coordinating Learner for Academics and Social Success (A Federal Setting III academic support) Central Nervous System Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist Cerebral Palsy Coordinated School Health Computed Tomography Community Transition Interagency Committee Developmental Adaptive Physical Education Deaf-Blind Developmental Cognitive Disabilities Developmental Delay
E F G H I DHH DHS DIRS DLC DOC DSM EBD EC ECSE ECSU EDGAR EDRS EEP EI ELL ER ESEA ESL ESU ESY F&R FAE FAPE FASD FBA Federal Setting FERPA FR FTE FFY FY GED GLBTQ HCJC HIV HQ Deaf/Hard of Hearing Department of Human Services Disciplinary Incident Reporting System Disability Law Center Department of Corrections Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Early Childhood Early Childhood Special Education (Birth-5) Education Cooperative Service Unit Education General Administrative Regulations Electronic Data Reporting System Emergency Evacuation Plan Early Intervention English Language Learner Evaluation Report Elementary Secondary Education Act English as a Second Language Education Service Unit Extended School Year Free and Reduced Fetal Alcohol Effects Free Appropriate Public Education Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Functional Behavioral Assessment Refers to the percentage of time a student spends in special education: Federal Setting I, 0-21 percent Federal Setting II, 21-60 percent Federal Setting III, 60 percent or more Federal Setting IV, separate special education site Federal Setting V, public hospital, day treatment, correctional facility, etc. Family Educational Rights to Privacy Act (The Buckley Amendment) Federal Register Full Time Equivalent Federal Fiscal Year Fiscal Year General Education Development Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning Hennepin County Juvenile Center Human Immunodeficiency Virus Highly Qualified
L M N IASA ICC IDEA IEE IEIC IEP IFCSP IFSP IHE IHP IIIP IQ ISD LD LEA LEP LPN LRE LSTA MA MAEF MARSS MCA MCIS MDE MESPA MH MHCP MnCIMP MnCIMP:SR MNSCU MnSEMS MnSIC MNTAFS MOE MPS MS MSBA MSS MRI MTC MTSS N&D NAD Improving Americas' Schools Act Interagency Coordinating Council Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Independent Educational Evaluation Interagency Early Intervention Committee Individualized Education Program Individual Family Community Support Plan Individualized Family Service Plan Institution of Higher Education Individual Health Plan Individual Interagency Intervention Plan Intelligence Quotient Independent School District Learning Disabilities Local Education Agency (e.g., school district) Limited English Proficient Licensed Practical Nurse Least Restrictive Environment Library Services and Technology Act Medical Assistance Minnesota's Academic Excellence Foundation Minnesota Automated Reporting Student System Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Minnesota Career Information System Minnesota Department of Education Minnesota Elementary School Principal's Association Mental Health Minnesota Health Care Programs Minnesota Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process Minnesota Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process: Self Review Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Minnesota Special Education Mediation Service Minnesota System of Interagency Coordination Minnesota Technical Assistance for Family Support Maintenance of Effort Minneapolis Public Schools Multiple Sclerosis Minnesota School Board Association Minnesota Student Survey Magnetic Resonance Imaging Minneapolis Technical College Multi-Tiered System of Support Neglected & Delinquent National Association of the Deaf
O P R S NAEP NCAA NIMAC NIMAS NP O&M OCD OCR OEO OHD OMB OSEP OSERS OT P&A PACER Part C PBIS PCA PD PDD PDD/NOS PE PI PL PLAAFP PSEO PT PTA PTI PTSD RLIF RLIP RRC RtI SAT SDFS SDFSC SEA SEAC SEAP National Assessment of Education Progress National Collegiate Athletic Association National Instructional Materials Access Center National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard Nurse Practitioner Orientation and Mobility Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education) Office of Economic Opportunity Other Health Disabilities Office of Management and Budget Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, U.S. Department of Education Occupational Therapist or Therapy Protection and Advocacy Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights Center Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Personal Care Attendant Physical Disability Pervasive Developmental Disorders Pervasive Developmental Disorders Not Otherwise Specified Physical Education Physically Impaired Public Law Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance Postsecondary Enrollment Options Physical Therapy or Physical Therapist Parents, Teachers and Students Pathways to Employment Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Regional Low Incidence Facilitator Regional Low Incidence Projects Regional Resource Center Response to Intervention Scholastic Assessment Test Safe & Drug Free Schools Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities State Education Agency Special Education Advisory Council (local) Special Education Advisory Panel (state)
T U V W Section 504 Plan SL SLD SLP SMI SPDG SPP SRBI SSA SSB SSDI SSI STAR STD SW SW-PBIS TBI TDD TEAE TIES TSES TTY TVBI UDL UFARS USC VI VR VSA WISC WSS Modifications and accommodations needed for students to have an opportunity to perform at the same level as their peers Speech/Language Specific Learning Disability Speech Language Pathologist Severely Multiply Impaired State Personnel Development Grant State Performance Plan Scientific, Research-Based Intervention Social Security Act; Social Security Administration State Services for the Blind and Visually Handicapped Social Security Disability Income Supplemental Security Income Staff Automatic Reporting System Sexually Transmitted Diseases Social Worker Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Traumatic Brain Injury Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf Test of Emerging Academic English Technology and Information Educational Services Total Special Education System Teletypewriter (Phone System for Deaf Individuals - see TDD) Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired Universal Design for Learning Uniform Financial Accounting & Reporting System United States Code Visually Impaired Vocational Rehabilitation Very Special Arts Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Work Sampling System