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A

• AA-AAS - Alternative Assessment based on Alternate Achievement Standards
• AAD - Adaptive Assistive Devices
• AASA - American Association of School Administrators
• AAT - Advanced Academic Training
• ABA - Applied Behavioral Analysis; American Bar Association
• ABAS II - Adaptive Behavior System, 2nd edition (test)
• ABD - Antisocial Behavior Disorders
• ABE - Adult Basic Education
• ABS - Adaptive Behavior Scale
• ACCH - Association for the Care of Children's Health
• ACRES - American Council of Rural Special Education
• ACROS - Automated Cross Referencing Occupational System
• ACT - American College Test
• AD - Attachment Disorder 
• ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
• ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
• ADDA - Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
• ADL - Activities of Daily Living
• ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
• AE - Age Equivalent
• AEP - Alternative Education Placement
• AERA - American Educational Research Association
• AFB - American Foundation for the Blind
• AFDC - Aid to Families with Dependent Children
• AFS - Adult and Family Services
• AFT - American Federation of the Blind
• AG - Annual Goal
• AGO - American Attorney General's Office
• AHSD - Adult High School Diploma
• AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• AIT - Agency for Instructional Technology
• ALO - Alternative Learning Options
• ALS - Alternative Language Services
• AMA - American Medical Association
• AMI - Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• AMLS - Alternative Middle Level Schools
• AMD - Alternative Mobility Device
• AP - Advanced Placement
• APD - Auditory Processing Disorder
• APE - Adapted Physical Education
• APPE - Average Per Pupil Expenditure
• APR - Annual Performance Report
• APS - Association for Persons in Supported Employment
• APTD - Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled
• ARC - Association of Retarded Citizens
• ARD - Admission, Review and Dismissal
• ARL - Alternative Routes to Licensure
• AS - Asperger's Syndrome or Autism Spectrum
• ASC - Advanced Study Center
• ASCD - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorder
• ASDO - Alternative Service Delivery Options
• ASHA - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• ASL - Sign Language
• AT - Assistive Technology
• ATC - Area Technical Center; Alternative Teacher Certification
• AU - Autistic
• AUT - Autism
• AYP - Adequate Yearly Progress

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B

• BAC - Behavior Adjustment Class
• BASC - Behavior Rating Scale for Children (test)
• BASIS - Basic Adult Skills Inventory
• BD - Behavior Disorder
• BDS - Bureau of Developmental Services
• BEP - Behavioral Education Plan
• BEST - Behavioral and Educational Strategies for Teachers
• BETAC - Bilingual Education Technical Assistance Centers
• BI - Brain Injury
• BIA - Bureau of Indian Affairs (under Department of the Interior)
• BIAU - Brain Injury Alliance of Utah
• BIL - Bilingual
• BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan
• BLS - Basic Life Support
• BMP - Behavior Management Plan

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C

• CA - Chronological Age (a person's actual age, usually stated by year and month)
• CAI - Computer Assisted Instruction
• CAP - Corrective Action Plan; Client Assistance Program; Central Auditory Processing
• CAPD - Central Auditory Processing Disorder
• CARF - Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation
• CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates
• CASE - Council of Administrators of Special Education
• CAT - Committee on Accessible Transportation; Computerized Adaptive Test
• CBA - Curriculum Based Assessment
• CBRF - Community-Based Residential Facility
• CBM - Curriculum-Based Measurement
• CC - Cross Categorical
• CCC - Certificate of Clinical Competence
• CCPD - Coordinating Council for People with Disabilities
• CD - Communication Disorder
• CDF - Children's Defense Fund
• CDRC - Child Development and Rehabilitation Center
• CDS - Communication Disorder Specialist; Child Development Specialist
• CEC - Council for Exceptional Children
• CELF - Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 4th edition
• CF - Cystic Fibrosis
• CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
• CHADD - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• CHI - Closed Brain Injury
• CHINS - Children in Need of Services (RSA 169-D)
• CHIP - Child Health Insurance Program
• CIMP - Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process
• CIL - Center for Independent Living
• CLAS - Culturally Linguistic Appropriate Services
• CLD Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
• CMHC - Community Mental Health Centers
• CNP - Child Nutrition Programs
• CNS - Central Nervous System
• COE - Certificate of Eligibility
• COTA - Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant
• CP - Cerebral Palsy
• CPPC - Cooperative Personnel Planning Council
• CPSE - Committee on Preschool Special Education
• CRI - California Research Institute (San Francisco State University)
• CRT - Criterion Referenced Test
• CSA - Childhood Sexual Abuse
• CSE - Case Study Evaluation
• CSPD - Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
• CSR - Comprehensive School Reform
• CSS - Community Support Services
• CTE - Career and Technology Education
• CTT - Community Transition Team

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D

• D - Deaf
• DAP - Developmentally Appropriate Practices
• DARTS - Daily and Residential Treatment Center
• DB - Deaf-Blind; Deaf-Blindness
• DCD - Developmental Coordination Disorder
• DCFS - Division of Child and Family Services
• DD - Deelopmental Delay (applies to children from birth through age 9)
• DD - Developmental Disability (applies to all ages)
• DDC - Developmental Disabilities Coucil
• DDD - Division of Developmental Disabilities
• DDS - Disability Determination Services
• DEC - Division of Early Childhood (of CEC)
• DEOA - Department of Education Organization Act
• DH - Department of Health
• DHHAP - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Assessing Program
• DHHS - Department of Health and Human Services
• DHS - Department of Human Services
• DI - Direct Instruction
• DIBELS - Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy (test) (screener)
• DLM - Dynamic Learning Map
• DOE - Department of Education
• DOH - Department of Health
• DON - Determination of Need
• DPHO - Due Process Hearing Officer
• DREDF - Disabilities Rights Education and Defense Fund
• DS - Down Syndrome; Direct Service
• DRS - Division of Rehabilitation Services
• DSDHH - Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• DSM-IV - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition
• DSBVI - Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Services
• DSPD - Department of Servies for People with Disabilties
• DVR - Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
• DWS - Department of Workforce Services
• DYC - Division of Youth Corrections
• DYDS - Department of Youth Development

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E

• EBD - Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• EC - Early Childhood; Exceptional Children
• ECE - Early Childhood Education
• ECI - Early Childhood Intervention
• ED - Emotional Disturbance
• EDGAR - Education Department General Administration Regulations
• EE - Essential Elements
• EFIG - Education Finance Incentive Grants (Title 1, Part A)
• EHA - Education of the Handicapped Act (1975)
• EI - Early Interventional
• EI/ECSE - Early Intervention/Early Childhoood Special Education
• EIP - Early Intervention Program
• EIPA - Educational Interpreter Proficiency Assessment
• EIN - Early Intervention Network
• EIS - Early Intervening Services
• ELL - English Language Learners
• EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
• EPSDT - Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
• ERIC - Educational Research Information Clearinghouse
• ESC - Educational Service Center
• ESE - Exceptional Student Education
• ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
• ESL - English as a Second Language
• ESY - Extended School Year
• ETP - Effective Teaching Practices 

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F

• FACT - Families, Agencies and Communities Together
• FAIP - Functional Assessment and Intervention Program
• FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education; Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
• FAS - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• FBA - Functional Behavioral Assessment
• FC - Facilitated Communication; Foster Care
• FDAB - Fair Dismissal Appeals Board
• FEOG - Fuly Educational Opportunity Goal
• FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
• FFY - Federal Fiscal Year
• FiCAM - Fiscal Compliance, Accountability, and Monitoring
• FIPSA - Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
• FLSA - Fair Labor Standards Act
• FMLA - Family Medical Leave Act
• FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
• FSD - Flexible Service Delivery Model
• FTE - Full-Time Equivalent
• FY - Fiscal Year 

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G

• GAO - Government Accounting Office
• GAPS - Guardianship, Advocacy, and Protective Services
• GE - General Education
• GEPA - General Education Provisions Act
• GSEG - General Supervision Enhancement Grant
• GT - Gifted and Talented 

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H

• HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration
• HEAT - Home Energy Assistance Target Progrom
• HI - Hearing Impaired
• HO - Hearing Officer
• HOH - Hard of Hearing
• HOTS - Higher-Order Thinking Skills
• HS - Head Start; High School
• HSC - High School Completion 

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I

• IAES - Interim Alternative Educational Setting
• IASA - Improving America's Schools Act
• ICC - Interagency Coordinating Council
• ICD - International Code of Diseases
• ICDP - Individual Career Development Plans
• ICF - Intermediate Care Facility
• ICFMR - Intermediate Care Facility for Mental Retardation
• ID - Intellectual Disability
• IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• IDELR - Individuals with Disabilities Education Law Report
• IED - Intermittent Explosive Disorder
• IEE - Independent Education Evaluation
• IEP - Individualized Education Program
• IEPC - Individualized Educational Planning Committee
• IEU - Intermediate Educational Unit
• IFA - Individualized Functional Assessment
• IFSP - Individual Family ervice Plan
• IHCP - Individualized Health Care Plan
• IHE - Institution of Higher Education
• IHP - Individual Habilitation Plan
• ILC - Independent Living Center
• ILP - Independent Living Plan
• ILT - Instructional Leadership Training
• IMC - Instructional Materials Center
• IML - Instructional Materials Laboratory
• IPE - Individual Plan for Employment
• IPL - Initial Program Load
• IPP - Individual Program Plan
• IQ - Intellectual Quotient
• ISP - Individualized Service Plan (for Private and Home-Schooled Students)
• ISS - In-School Suspention
• ITH - Intensive Training Home
• ITIP - Instruction Theory Into Practice
• ITP - Individual Transition Plan (similiar to IEP)

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J

• JDRP - Joint Dissemination Review Panel
• JJAE - Juvenile Justice Alternative Education
• JOBS - Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
• JTPA Job Training Partnership Act 

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L

• LA - Language Arts
• LCPD - Legislative Coalition for People with Disabilities
• LD - Learning Disorder; Learning Disabled
• LDA Learning Disabilities Assocation of America
• LEA - Local Education Agency
• LEAD - Local Education Agency Directors
• LEDS - Law Enforcment Data System
• LEP - Limited English Proficient
• LICC - Local Interagency Coordinator Council
• LIFE - Living In Functional Environment
• LINCS - Liaison for Individuals Needing Coordinated Services
• LoF - Letter of Finding issued by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
• LPTA - Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant
• LRBI - Least Restrictive Behavioral Interventions
• LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
• LSSP - Licensed Specialist in School Psychology
• LTCF - Long-Term Care Facility
• LTCT - Long-Term Care and Treatment

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M

• MA - Mental Age
• MBD - Minimal Brain Dysfunction
• MBO - Management by Objective
• MD - Multiple Disabilities; Manifestation Determination
• MDC - Multi-Disciplinary Conference
• MDE - Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation
• MDT - Multi-Disciplinary Team; Manifest Determination Team
• M/ED - Mental or Emotional Disturbance
• MEP - Migrant Education Program
• MESA - Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement
• MESC - Migrant Education Service Center
• MFCU - Medically Fragile Children's Unit
• MH - Mental Health; Medically Handicapped
• MHM - Multi-Handicap Mainstream
• MHMR - Mental Health Mental Retardation
• MI - Multi Intelligences
• MIS - Management Information Systems
• MM - Mild Moderate
• MMS - Mastery Management System
• MPRRC - Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center
• MR - Mentally Retarded; Mental Retardation
• MR/DD - Mentally Retarden and Mentally or Emotionally Disturbed (sometimes referred to as Dual Diagnosis)
• MSDD - Multisystem Development Disorder
• MSRRC - Mid-South Regional Resource Center
• MSRTS - Migrant Student Record Transfer System
• MST - Multi-Systematic Therapy

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N

• NABE - National Association for Bilingual Education
• NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress
• NAESP - National Association of Elementary School Principals
• NAMI - National Association for the Mentally Ill
• NARC - National Association for Retarded Citizens (now known as "The Arc") 
• NASBE - National Association of State Boards of Education
• NASDSE - National Association of State Directors of Special Education
• NASDTEC - National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification
• NASP - National Association of School Psychologists
• NASSP - National Association of Secondary School Principals
• NCES - National Center for Education Statistics
• NCLB/NCLBA - No Child Left Behind Act
• NCS - National Center and State Collaborative
• NDT - Neurodevelopmental Treatment
• NEA - National Education Association
• NECTAS - National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Systems
• NERRC - North-East Regional Resource Center
• NGA - National Governors Association
• NHIA - National Head Injury Association
• NICHCY - National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
• NICHY - National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
• NIMAC - National Instructional Materials Access Center
• NIMAS - National Instructional Materials Standard
• NPRM - Notice of Proposed Rule Making
• NTR - Norm Referenced Test
• NSBA - National School Boards Association
• NUCC - Northern Utah Curriculum Consortium
• NWREL - Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory 

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O

• O&A - Observation and Assessment
• O&M - Orientation and Mobility
• OBEMLA Offic of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs
• OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• OCR - Office of Civil Rights
• OD - Oppositional Defiant
• ODAS - Occupaitional Data Analysis System
• ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• OE - Open Entries
• OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OH - Orthopedically Handicapped
• OHI - Other Health Impairment
• OI - Orthopedically Impaired
• OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs
• OSERS - Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
• OT - Occupational Therapy
• OT/PT - Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy

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P

• P&A - Protection and Advocacy
• PACER - Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
• PALS - Peer-Assisted Learning System
• PAVE - Parents Advocating for Vocational Education
• PCA - Personal Care Attendant
• PDAS - Professional Development and Appraisal System
• PDD - Pervasive Development Disorder
• PDD-NOS - Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified
• PDR - Physician's Desk Reference
• PEATC - Parent Education Advocacy Training Center
• PECS - Picture Exchange Communication System
• PEIMS - Public Education Information Management System
• PED - Present Education Level
• PERS - Public Employees Retirement System
• PET - Pupil Evaluation Team
• PIC - Private Industry Council
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• PT - Physical Therapy 

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R

• RFP - Request for Proposal
• RTI - Response to Intervention 

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S

• SARS - Services for At Risk Students
• SAS - Supplementary Aids and Services
• SAT - Scholastic Aptitude Test
• SB - Spinal Bifida
• SBE, SBOE - State Board of Education
• SBR - Scientifically-Based Research
• SBS - School-wide Behavioral Supports
• SC - Service Coordinator
• SD - School District
• SDA - Special Delivery Area
• SDC - Special Day Class
• SDE - Self-Directed Employment
• SE - Special Education
• SEA - Special Education Agency
• SEAC - Special Education Advisory Committee
• SECC - Special Education Child Count
• SED - Serious Emotional Disturbance
• SEMS - Special Education Management System
• SENCO - Special Education Needs Coordinator
• SENG - Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted
• SHOCAP - Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Plan
• SI - Sensory Integration; Speech Impediment
• SIB - Self-Injurious Behavior
• SICC - State Interagency Coordinating Council
• SID - Sensory Integration Dysfunction
• SIG - State Improvement Grant
• SIGNAL - State Improvement Grant: Network and Alliances for Learning
• SILP - Semi-Independent Living Program
• SIP - State Implementation Plan
• SIPT - Sensory Integration and Praxis Test
• SIS - Student Information System
• SLC - Structured Learning Center
• SLCC - Salt Lake Community College
• SLD - Specific Learning Disability
• SLI - Speech-Language Impairment
• SLP - Speech-Language Pathologist
• SLR - State Liaison Representative
• SLT - Speech-Language Technician
• SNF - Skilled Nursing Facility
• SOP - State-Operated Program
• SPD - Severe Profound Disability
• SPI - School Program Improvement
• SPLD - Sematic Pragmatic Language Disorder
• SPOA - Specific Power of Attorney
• SPP - State Performance Plan
• SRC - State Rehabilitation Council
• SSA - Social Security Administration
• SSBD - Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorder
• SSCD - Students with Significant Cognitive Disorder
• SSDI - Social Security Disability Income
• SSI - Supplemental Security Income
• SSP - Supplemental Service Providers
• SST - Student Study Team
• STO - Short-Term Objective
• SWP - School-wide Program

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T

• TA - Technical Assistant; Teacher Advisor
• TAG - Talented and Gifted
• TAP - Targeted Assistance Program
• TASH - The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
• TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
• TDD - Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
• TEACCH - Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children
• TEAMS - Telecommunications Education for Advances in Mathematics and Science
• TESOL - Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages
• TIP - Teacher Improvement Process
• TLC - Therapeutic Learning Center
• TMH - Trainable Mentally Handicapped
• TMR - Trainable Mentally Retarded
• TPP - Transition Planning Process
• TS - Tourette Syndrome
• TSS - Therapeutic Support Staff
• TTY - Teletypewriter (phone system for the deaf-see TDD)
• T-TA - Training and Technical Assistance
• TWWIIAA - Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act

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U

• UAA - Utah Alternate Assessment
• UAF - University Affiliated Facility
• UAID - Utah Association for Intellectual Disabilities
• UAPSE - Utah Association for Persons with Supported Employment
• UBSC - Utah Basic Skills Competency Test
• UCA - Utah Consolidated Application
• UCAT - Utah Center for Assistive Technology; Utah College of Applied Technology
• UCE - University Centers for Excellence
• UCP - United Cerebral Palsy
• UDDC - Utah Developmental Disabilities Council
• UEA - Utah Education Association
• UEN - Utah Education Network
• UPASS - Utah Performance Assessment Systems for Students
• UPC - Utah Parent Center
• UPDC - Utah Personnel Development Center
• UPIPS - Utah Program Improvement Planning System
• USBE - Utah State Board of Education
• USC - United States Code
• USCCR - United States Commission on Civil Rights
• USDB - Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
• USDC - Utah State Developmental Center (formerly USTS - Utah State Training School); United States Department of Commerce
• USDE - Utah States Department of Education
• USDL - United States Department of Labor
• USEAP - Utah Special Education Advisory Panel
• USIMAC - Utah State Materials Access Center
• USOE - Utah State Office of Education
• USOR - Utah State Office of Rehabilitation
• UTREx - Utah eTranscript and Record Exchange

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V

• VAC - Vocational Adjustment Counselor; Vocational Adjustment Class
• VCD - Volitional Conduct Disorder
• VEDS - Vocational Education Data Systems
• VI - Visual Impairment
• VIPP - Violence and Injury Prevention Program
• VIQ - Visual Intellectual Quotient
• Voc Ed - Vocational Education
• VR - Vocational Rehabilitation
• VRD - Vocational Rehabilitation Division
• VSA - Very Special Arts

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W

• WAC - Work Activities Center
• WIC - Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program
• WOD - Written Output Disorder
• WQC - Workplace Quality Council
• WRAP - Wraparound Program
• WRRC - Western Regional Resource Center

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Y

• YIC - Youth in Custody
• YRE - Year-Round Education
• YTP - Youth Transition Program 

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