As you participate in your child’s special education process, you may feel that everyone has started speaking in a international language during meetings. While it may seem like a foreign language, that is a language that initials (acronyms). Acronyms are used often and it is assumed that everyone is familiar with the meaning.
We placed together a rapid reference Special education list (grab her copy below, and add to her IEP Notebook). in the really hopes that it might bring more understanding and also clarity. The finish list of one-of-a-kind education and disability abbreviations and acronyms is below.

Special education & impairment Acronyms / Abbreviations
Quick recommendation Guide
Knowledge is power
A – AcronymsAAC = alternative Augmentative Communication
ABA = used Behavioral Analysis
ADA = Americans v Disabilities Act
ADD/ADHD =Attention Deficit/Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADLs = activities of day-to-day Living
APE = Adaptive physical Education
ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorders
ASL | American sign Language
AT | Assistive Technology
AYP | enough Yearly development
B – AcronymsBD | behavior Disorder
BIP | behavioral Intervention Plan
BOE | plank of Education
C – AcronymsCBA | Curriculum Based Assessment
CCSS | typical Core State Standards
CDA | Child advancement Associate
CD | Cognitive Delay
CF | Cystic Fibrosis
COTA | Certified job-related Therapist Assistant
CP | Cerebral Palsy
CST | child Study Team
D- AcronymsDB | Deaf-Blind
DD | Developmental Delay
DOE | room of Education
DoH | room of Health
DPH | Due process Hearing Officer
DS | down Syndrome
DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical manual of mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association