ADA
American with Disabilities Act
ADD/ADHD
Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention
Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
APE Adaptive
Physical Education
AE Age
Equivalent
AIS Academic
Intervention Services
ASL American
Sign Language
AT Assistive
Technology
BOCES
Board of Cooperative Educational Services
BOE
Board of Education
CPSE Committee
on Preschool Special Education
CSE Committee
on Special Education
DB Deaf
and Blind
DD Developmental
Disability
DHH
Deaf/Hard of Hearing
ED
Emotionally
Disturbed
FAPE
Free and
Appropriate Public Education
FERPA Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE
Independent Education Evaluation
IEP
Individualized Education Program
IH
Impartial
Hearing
IQ
Intelligence Quotient
LD Learning
Disabled
LRE
Least
Restrictive Environment
MD Multiple
Disabilities
MR Mentally
Retarded
OHI
Other
health Impaired
OT Occupational
Therapy
PDD Pervasive
Developmental Disorder
PT
Physical Therapy
SED
State Education Department
SETRC Special
Education Training Resource Centers
SI Speech
Impaired
TBI
Traumatic
Brain Injury
VESID Office
of Vocational & Educational Services
For
Individuals with Disabilities
VI
Visually
Impaired
