Explanation of Acronyms

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

AI Auditory Impairment

ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder

AT Assistive Technology

AU Autism

BD Behavioral Disabilities

BIP Behavior Intervention Plan

CI Communication Impaired

COTA Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant

CST Child Study Team

DB Deaf-Blindness

DDD Division of Developmental Disabilities

DOE Department of Education

DYFS Division of Youth and Family Services

ERI Emotional Regulation Impairment

ESERS Eligible for Special Education and Related Services

ESY Extended School Year

FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education

FBA Functional Behavior Assessment

HI Hearing Impaired

ICR In-Class Resource (w/Special Education Teacher)

ID Mildly Cognitively Impaired

ID Moderately Cognitively Impaired

ID Severely Cognitively Impaired

IDEA Individual with Disabilities Education Act

IEP Individual Education Program

INTPS Integrated Preschool

LD Learning Disabilities

LLD Learning and/or Language Disabilities

LDTC Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant

LEA Local Education Agency (School District)

LPT Licensed Physical Therapist

LRE Least Restrictive Environment

MCI Moderately Cognitively Impaired

MD Multiple Disabilities

OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OCR Office of Civil Rights

ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OHI Other Health Impaired

OI Orthopedically Impaired

OT Occupational Therapist

OTR Occupational Therapist Registered

POR Pull-Out Replacement

POS Pull-Out Support

PSD Pre-school Disabled

PT Physical Therapist

PT Physical Therapy

RTI Response to Intervention

SC Self-contained

SCI Severely Cognitively Impaired

SLD Specific Learning Disabilities

SM Socially Maladjusted

TBI Traumatic Brain Injured

TDD Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

TTM Team Teaching Model

TTY Teletypewriter Mode

VI Visual Impairment