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 |