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Common Special Education Terms & Acronyms
AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis
Accommodation Adaptations that provide access to the gen ed curriculum but do not fundamentally alter the learning goal or grade level standard
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADL Activities of Daily Living
AFSP Individualized Family Service Plan (required as part of First Steps)
aimsweb Screening and progress monitoring system
APE Adapted Physical Education
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASL American Sign Language
AT Assistive Technology
AU Autism
BCFR Boone County Family Resources
BIP Behavior Intervention Plan
Case Manager Specialist responsible for the management of the IEP for the specific student
CBM Curriculum Based Measurement
CWC Class within a Class
Department Chair Specialist designated at the building level to serve as the liaison between the building and district office
DPR Daily Progress Report
DTT Discrete Trial Training
ECSE Early Childhood Special Education
ED Emotional Disturbance
Educational Diagnostician Specialist responsible for the academic testing during a special education evaluation
EL English Learner
EOC End of Course Assessments - 4 required by Missouri for graduation
ER Evaluation Report
ESY Extended School Year
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment
HI Hearing Impaired
IAP OR 504 Individual Accommodation Plan - 
ID Intellectual Disability
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP Individualized Education Plan
Instructional Mentor Specialist responsible for the instructional training/mentoring of staff
ISS In School Suspension
LEA Local Educational Agency (local school district)
LEP Limited English Proficiency
LI Language Impaired
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MAP (or GLA) Missouri Assessment Program OR Grade Level Assessment
MAP-A Alternate Missouri Assessment Program OR Grade Level Assessment
MLS Missouri Learning Standards
Modification changes to the curriculum and assessments that do fundamentally alter the learning goal or grade level expectation
MSB Missouri School for the Blind
MSD Missouri School for the Deaf
NOA Notice of Action
NOM Notification of Meeting
O&M Orientation & Mobility
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OHI Other Health Impairment
OI Orthopedic Impairment
OSS Out of School Suspension
OT Occupational Therapist
PBIS Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
PBS Positive Behavioral Supports
PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDD-NOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified
PLEP Present Level of Educational Performance
Process Coordinator Specialist responsible for compliance oversight and training in IEP development
PT Physical Therapist
ROI Release of Information
ROP Record of Participants (sign-in sheets for IEP and Eval meetings)
RTI Response to Intervention
School Psychologist Specialist responsible for the cognitive and behavioral assessments  as well as writing the evaluation report during a special education evaluation
SI Speech Impairment
SLD Specific Learning Disability
SLP Speech Language Pathologist
SRG Standards Referenced Grading
STAR Assessments Screening and progress monitoring system for reading and math
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
Transition Referenced in two scenarios:  1) term used to describe planning for "post-secondary transition," which must occur during the IEP cycle when the child is turning 16;  2) term also used to describe when a child is moving from one building to another.
US & MO Constitution Test Required by MO for graduation
VI Visual Impairment
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
VRC Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
WEC Work Experience Coordinator
WIDA-ACCESS State assessment administered for English Language Learners
YCDD Young Child with a Developmental Delay


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