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ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS |
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ADD |
Attention Deific Disorder |
| ADHD | Attention Deific/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| APE | Adaptive Physical Education |
| ASD | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| ASL | American Sign Language |
| AT | Assistive Technology |
| AU | Autistic |
| BASC | Behavior Assessment System for Children |
| BCD | Bureau of Child Development |
| BDDS | Bureau of Developmental Disability Services |
| CA | Chronological Age |
| CD | Communication Disorder |
| CEC | Council for Exceptional Children |
| CHINS | Child in Need of Services |
| CHIP | Children's Health Insurance Program |
| CMH | Center for Mental Health |
| CP | Cerebral Palsy |
| DB | Deaf and Blind |
| DD | Developmental Delay |
| DFC | Division of Family and Children |
| DMH | Division of Mental Health |
| DOE | Department of Education |
| DSE | Director of Special Education or Division of Special Education |
| DVR | Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (Indiana Rehabilitation Services) |
| EC | Early Childhood |
ESL
|
English-Second Language |
ESP |
Educational Surrogate Parent |
ESY |
Extended School Year |
FAPE |
Free and Appropriate Public Education |
FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
FS |
First Steps |
FSSA |
Family and Social Services Administration |
HB |
Homebound |
HI |
Hearing Impairment |
IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
IEP |
Individualized Education Plan |
IFSP |
Individualized Family Service Plan |
In*Source |
Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs |
IQ |
Intelligence Quotient |
IRCA |
Indiana Resource Center for Autism |
ISB |
Indiana School for the Blind |
| ISD | Indiana School for the Deaf |
| ISTAR | Indiana Standards Tool for Alternate Reporting |
| ISTEP | Indiana Statewide Educational Testing |
| LCC | Local Coordinating Committee |
| LD | Learning Disability |
| LDA | Learning Disability Association |
| LEA | Local Education Agency |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment |
| MA | Mental Age |
| MD | Multiple Disabilities |
| M-Team | Multidisciplinary Team |
| OCR | Office of Civil Rights |
| OFSS | Office of Family and Social Services |
| OHI | Other Health Impaired |
| OI | Orthopedic Impairment |
| OSEP | Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Dept. of Education |
| OSERS | Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services |
| OT | Occupational Therapy or Occupational Therapist |
| PE | Physical Education |
| PIAT | Peabody Individual Achievement Test |
| PT | Physical Therapy or Physical Therapist |
| S/LP | Speech/Language and Hearing Pathologist |
| SSDI | Social Security Disability Income |
| SSI | Supplemental Security Income |
| SSN | Social Security Number |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TDD | Telephone Device for the Deaf |
| TTY | Tele-typewriter |
| VI | Visual Impairment |
| VMI | Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration |
| WIAT | Wechsler Individual Achievement Test |
| WIC | Woman, Infants, and Children |
| WISC | Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
| WJ-III | Woodcock-Johnson III, Tests of Achievement |