
| 504 | Section 504 of the Civil Rights Code |
ADHD | Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AEP | Alternative Educational Program |
AEIS | Academic Excellence Indicator system |
| AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress |
AI | Auditory Impairment |
| AIP | Accelerated Instruction Plan |
APE | Adapted Physical Education |
| ARD | Admission, Review and Dismissal |
ASL | American Sign Language |
| AT | Assistive Technology |
AU | Autism |
| BASE | Behavioral, Academic, and Social Education |
BIP | Behavior intervention plan |
| CBI | Community Based instruction |
CP | Cerebral Palsy |
| CPI | Crisis Prevention Intervention |
CTE | Career and Technical Education |
| DARS | Deparment of Adult Rehabilitative Services | DB | Deaf Blind |
| DBRC | Daily Behavior Report Card |
DNQ | Did Not Qualify |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual |
ECI | Early Childhood Intervention |
| ED | Emotional Disturbance |
EPS | Employment Placement Specialist (Formally VAC) |
| ESY | Extended School Year |
FAPE | Free and Appropriate Public Education |
| FBA | Functional Behavioral Assessment |
FERPA | Family Education Rights and Privacy Act |
| FIE | Full and Individual Evaluation |
FLS | Functional Living Skills |
| GE | General Education |
GT | Gifted and Talented |
| ID | Intellectual Disability |
IDEA | Individual with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEE | Independent Educational Evaluation |
IEP | Individual Education Program |
| IS | Instructional Specialist |
ITP | Individual Transition Plan |
| LD | Learning Disability |
LEP | Limited English Proficient |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment | LSSP | Licensed Specialist in School Psychology |
| MD | Muliple Disabilities |
MDR | Manifestation Determination Review |
| MDT | Multi-Disciplinary Team |
NCEC | Non-categorical Early Childhood |
| OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| OHI | Other Health Impairment |
OI | Orthopedic Impairment |
| O&M | Orientation and Mobility |
OT | Occupational Therapy |
| PDD | Pervasive Developmental Delay |
PBMAS | Performance Based Monitoring and Achievement System |
| PT | Physical Therapy |
PPCD | Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities |
| PWN | Prior Written Notice |
RDSPD | Regional Day School Program for the Deaf |
| Rtl | Response to Intervention |
SI | Speech Impairment |
| SLP | Speech and Language Pathologist |
STAAR | State of Texas Assessments for Academic Readiness |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
TEA | Texas Education Agency |
| TEKS | Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills |
TSBVI | Texas School for the Blind/Visually Impaired |
| VOC | Vocational Adjustment Coordinator |
VI | Visual Impairment |