Special Education Acronyms
A - B
ABA
Applied Behavior Analysis
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder
AT/AAC
Assistive Technology/Augmented Alternative Communication
BCBA
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
BIP
Behavior Intervention Plan
C - D
CBI
Community Based Instruction
CBM
Curriculum Based Measure
CSE
Case Study Evaluation
DD
Developmental Delay
E - F
ED
Emotional Disability
EI
Early Intervention
ELL/ESL
English Language Learner/English as a Second Language
ESY
Extended School Year
FAPE
Free and Appropriate Education
FERPA
Federal Education Records Privacy Act
FBA
Functional Behavior Assessment
H - I
HI
Hearing Impairment or Hearing Itinerant
IEE
Independent Education Evaluation
IEP
Individualized Education Plan
IFSP
Individual Family Service Plan
ISBE
Illinois State Board of Education
L - O
LBS
Learning Behavior Specialist (special education teacher)
LEA
Local Education Agency
LRE
Least Restrictive Environment
MDT
Multidisciplinary Team. A multidisciplinary team is one in which members use their individual expertise to first develop their own answers to a given problem, and then come together – bringing their own discipline-specific training – to formulate a solution.
O & M
Orientation and Mobility
OHI
Other Health Impaired
OT
Occupational Therapy/Therapist (fine motor skills)
P - R
PLOP
Present Levels of Performance (sometimes referred to as PLAAFP, or Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Function Performance)
PT
Physical Therapy/Therapist
PUNS
Prioritization for Urgency of Need Services
The Skokie73.5 PUNS Trained Staff is Angela DeMay
PWN
Prior Written Notice
RTI/MTSS
Response to Intervention or Multi Tiered System of Supports; RTI is NOT special education
RTO
Restraint and Time Out
S - T
SLD (or LD)
Specific Learning Disability
SLI
Speech or Language Impairment
SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
TBI
Traumatic Brain Injury
TDT
Trandsdisciplinary Team. A transdisciplinary team allows members to contribute their own knowledge and expertise, but efforts are collective in determining best ideas or approaches. Transdisciplinary teams focus on how separate functions can be systematically integrated to optimally meet the needs of a student.
TVI
Teacher of the Visually Impaired
