| Abbreviated Stanford Achievement Test |
ASAT |
| Activities of Daily Living |
ADL |
| Adaptive Behavior |
AB |
| Adaptive Behavior Scale |
ABS |
| Adapted Physical Education |
APE |
| American Association on Mental Retardation |
AAMR |
| Association for Retarded Citizens |
ARC |
| Americans with Disabilities Act |
ADA |
| Attention Deficit Disorder |
ADD |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
ADHD |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution |
ADR |
| American Sign Language |
ASL |
| Assistive Technology |
AT |
| Autism Behavior Checklist |
ABC |
| Board of Elementary and Secondary Education |
BESE |
| Behavioral Intervention Plan |
BIP |
| Behavior Support Plan |
BSP |
| Bilingual Cross-cultural, Language & Academic Development |
BCLAD |
| California Alternate Performance Assessment |
CAPA |
| California Children’s Services |
CCS |
| California Department of Education |
CDE |
| California English Language Development Test |
CELDT |
| California High School Exit Exam |
CAHSEE |
| California School for the Blind |
CSB |
| Center for Positive Change |
CPC |
| Cerebral Palsy |
CP |
| Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant |
COTA |
| Childhood Autism Rating Scale |
CARS |
| Cognitive Disability |
CD |
| Community Advisory Committee (Special Education) |
CAC SE |
| Community-Based Instruction |
CBI |
| Community Service Center for the Disabled |
CSCD |
| Council for Exceptional Children |
CEC |
| County Mental Health |
CMH |
| Cross-cultural, Language and Academic Development |
CLAD |
| Department of Rehabilitation |
DR |
| Department of Social Services |
DSS |
| Designated Instruction & Services |
DIS |
| Developmental Delay |
DD |
| Diagnostic Resource Teacher |
DRT |
| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association |
DSM |
| Early Childhood |
EC |
| Early Intervention (Infants and Toddlers) |
EI |
| Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment |
EPSDT |
| Employability Counseling Services |
ECS |
| English Language Learner |
ELL |
| English Learner |
EL |
| English for Limited -English -Proficient Students |
ELEPS |
| Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
ESEA |
| English as a Second Language |
ESL |
| Extended School Year |
ESY |
| Fluent -English Proficient |
FEP |
| Free Appropriate Public Education |
FAPE |
| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
FAS |
| Functional Behavioral Assessment |
FBA |
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
FERPA |
| Freedom of Information Act |
FOIA |
| Hearing Impairment |
HI |
| Health and Human Services Agency |
HHSA |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HIPPA |
| Hearing Officer |
HO |
| Home Language Survey |
HLS |
| Idea Proficiency Test |
IPT |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
IDEA |
| Independent Educational Evaluation |
IEE |
| Individual Education Program/Plan |
IEP |
| Individualized Service Plans |
ISP |
| Instructional/Behavioral Technician |
IBT |
| Intelligence Quotient |
IQ |
| Integrated Life Skills |
ILS |
| Interdistrict Attendance Agreement |
IAA |
| Interdistrict Attendance Permit |
IAP |
| Interim Alternative Education Setting |
IAES |
| Juvenile Court and Community Schools |
JCCS |
| Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children |
K-ABC |
| Language Development Specialist |
LDS |
| Language, Speech and Hearing |
LSH |
| Least Restrictive Environment |
LRE |
| Learning Disabilities Association |
LDA |
| Location Education Agency |
LEA |
| Licensed Children’s Institution |
LCI |
| Limited English Proficient |
LEP |
| Manifestation Determination |
MD |
| Mental Retardation |
MR |
| Movement Opportunities Via Education |
MOVE |
| Multiple Disabilities |
MD |
| Multi -Agency Referral Review Team |
MARRT |
| Nonpublic Agency |
NPA |
| Nonpublic School |
NPS |
| Orientation and Mobility |
O&M |
| Obsessive -Compulsive Disorder |
OCD |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist |
OT |
| Office for Civil Rights |
OCR |
| Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
ODD |
| Outreach and Early Intervention Project |
OEIP |
| Overall Proficiency Levels |
OPL |
| Parentally Placed Private School Students |
PPPSS |
| Personalized Assistive Technology Hub |
PATH |
| Physical Education |
PE |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist |
PT |
| Positive Behavior Supports |
PBS |
| Progressive Academic Curriculum Enrichment |
PACE |
| Residential Treatment Center |
RTC |
| Response to Intervention |
RTI |
| Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Schools |
SCS |
| Â鶹ÊÓƵ County Office of Education |
SCOE |
| Â鶹ÊÓƵ Oral Assessment Instrument |
SOAI |
| Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District |
SCUSD |
| Scholastic Aptitude Test |
SAT |
| School Attendance Review Board |
SARB |
| School -Initiated Placement |
SIT |
| School-to-Work Transition Assistant |
STWTA |
| Schoolwide Applications Mode |
SAM |
| Sensory Behavioral Integration |
SBI |
| Services for Pre-Primary Age Children |
SPPAC |
| Social Worker |
SW |
| Social Security Number |
SSN |
| Special Education |
SE |
| Special Education Assist |
SEA |
| Special Education Early Childhood |
SEEC |
| Special Education Hearing Office |
SEHO |
| Special Education Limited English Proficient |
SELEP |
| Special Education Local Planning Area |
SELPA |
| Special Education Division |
SPED |
| Special Education Parent Facilitator |
SEPF |
| Special Education Service Plan |
SESP |
| Special Education Technician |
SET |
| Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English |
SDAIE |
| Speech/Language Pathologist |
SLP |
| Standardized Testing and Report Program |
STAR |
| State Educational Agency |
SEA |
| Student Apprenticeship Program |
SAP |
| Student Information System |
SIS |
| Student Study Team |
SST |
| Successful Transitions Achieved Through Responsive Support |
STARS |
| Supplemental Security Income |
SSI |
| Traumatic Brain Injury |
TBI |
| Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
TDD |
| Teletypewriter |
TY |
| Tourette Syndrome |
TS |
| Transition Partnership Program (Project GOLD) |
TPP |
| Transition Plan |
TP |
| Transition Resources for Adult Community Education |
TRACE |
| United Cerebral Palsy |
UCP |
| U.S. Department of Education |
DOE |
| Vocation Education |
VE |
| Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program |
VEEP |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor |
VRC |
| Visual Impairment |
VI |
| Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
WISC |
| Program for Women, Infants and Children (Federal Grant) |
WIC |
| Youth Opportunities Unlimited |
YOU |
