Trying to wade your way through the sea of acronyms can be a confusing process. Following is a list of common acronyms that you may encounter:
   
A, Aut

Autism
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADE Arizona Department of Education
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
APE Adaptive Physical Education
ASDB Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind
AzEIP Arizona Early Intervention Program
BIP Behavior Improvement Plan
CP Cerebral Palsy
CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CST Child Study Team
DD Developmental Disability/Developmental Delay
DDD Division of Developmental Disabilities
DES Department of Economic Security
DHS Department of Health Services
DoE Department of Education
DSC Direct Services Claiming - Mediciad
ED Emotional Disability
ESY Extended School Year
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA Functional Behavior Assesment
HI Hearing Impairment
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP Individualized Education Plan
ITP Individualized Transition Plan
LD Learning Disability
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
  MAC Medicaid Administrative Claiming
  MD Multiple Disabilities or Muscular Dystrophy
  MDC Multidisciplinary Conference
  MET Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team
  MIMR or MIMD Mild Mental Retardation
  MOMR or MOMD Moderate Mental Retardation
  NCLB No Child Left Behind
  O & M Orientation and Mobility
  OT Occupational Therapy
  PMD Preschool Moderate Delay
  PSD Preschool Severe Delay
  PSL Preschool Speech/Language
  PT Physical Therapy
  PHL Primary Home Language
  Section 504 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
  SAT Stanford Achievement Test
  SLI Speech Language Impairment
  SLP Speech Language Pathologist
  TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
  VI Visual Impairment
  VR Vocational Rehabilitation
     
     
   

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last updated: 07/05/07