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ABA - Applied Behavior Analysis
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
AEP - Alternative Education Program
AI - Auditory Impairment
APE - Adapted Physical Education
ARD - Admission, Review and Dismissal
AT - Assisstive Technology
AU - Autism
AYP - Adequate Yearly ProgressB
BIP - Behavior Intervention PlanC
CBI - Community Based Instruction
CBVI - Community Based Vocational Instruction
CM - Content Mastery
COS - Child Outcome Summary
CP - Cerebral PalsyD
DADS - Department of Aging and Disability Services
DAEP - Disciplinary Alternative Education Program
DB - Deaf Blind
DD - Developmental Delayed
DNQ - Does Not Qualify
DMS - Diagnositic Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersE
ECI - Early Childhood Intervention
ECO - Early Childhood Outcome
ED - Emotional Disturbance
EHS - Early Head Start
EOC - End of Course (exam)
ERA - Early Reading Assessment
ESL or ELL - English as a Second Language or English Language Learner
ESSA - Every Student Succeeds Act
ESY - Extended Year ServicesF
FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA - Functional Behavior Assessment
FERPA - Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
FIE - Full Individual EvaluationH
HHSC - Health and Human Service Commission
HLS - Home Language Survey
HQ - Highly QualifiedI
ID - Intellectual Disability
IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE - Individualized Educational Evaluation
IEP - Individualized Education Plan
IQ - Intelligence QuotientL
LD - Learning Disability
LPAC - Language Proficiency Assessment Committee
LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
LSSP - Licensed Specialist in School PsychologyM
MD - Multiple DisabilitiesN
NCEC - Non-Categorical Early Childhood Disability
NCLB - No Child Left Behind
NICHY - National Information Center for Children and Youth with DisabilitiesO
O&M - Orientation and Mobility
OCR - Office of Civil Rights
OHI - Other Health Impairment
OI - Orthopedic Impairment
OJT - On the Job Training
OT - Occupational TherapyP
PBMAS - Performance Based Monitoring Analysis System
PDD - Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Autism Spectrum)
PEIMS - Public Education Informational System
PLAAFP - Present Level of Academic, Achievement, and Functional Performance
PPCD - Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities
PS - Procedural Safeguards
PT - Physical TherapyR
RDSPD - Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
REED - Review of Existing Evaluation Data
RtI - Response to InterventionS
SE - Supported Employment
SHARS - School Health and Related Services
SI - Speech Impairment
SLD - Specific Learning Disability
SLP - Speech Language Pathologist
SSI - Student Success Initiative
STAAR - State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness
STAAR-Alt - State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness - AlternateT
TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
TBSI - Texas Behavior Support Initiative
TCB - Texas Commistion for the Blind
TEA - Texas Education Agency
TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TELPAS - Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System
TSBVI - Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
TSD - Texas School for the DeafTWC - Texas Workforce CommissionV
VAC - Vocational Adjustment Class
VI - Visual Impairment