504 Plan Plan
adopted for students eligible for accommodations due to disability under Chapter 15 (Section 504)
AAC
Alternative Augmentative Communication
AAD
Adaptive Assistive Devices
ABA Applied
Behavior Analysis
ABC Antecedent/Behavior/Consequence (used when assessing
behaviors of students)
ABD Antisocial Behavior Disorders
AC
Augmentative Communication
Act 26 The “zero
tolerance” law that requires a mandatory 1 year expulsion for any student whobrings a weapon to school
or a school sponsored activity
AD Attachment Disorder
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act ADD
Attention Deficit Disorder
ADDH Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AEA Acquired Eleptiform Aphasia (Landau-Kleffner
Syndrome)
AEP Alternative Education Program/Placement
AG Annual
Goal
AI
Auditorily Impaired
ALEP Adaptive Learning Environments Program
ALO Alternative
Learning Options
ALS Academic Learning Support
AMD Alternative Mobility
Device
AODA
Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
AP Advanced Placement
APD Antisocial Personality Disorder; Auditory
Processing Disorder
APE Adapted Physical Education
AS Autistic Support
ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASDO Alternative Service Delivery Options
ASL American
Sign Language
AT Assistive Technology
AU Autistic
AUT Autism
AYP
Adequate Yearly Progress
BAC Behavior Adjustment Class
BASIS Basic Adult
Skills Inventory System
BD Behaviorally Disordered; Behavior Disorders; Brain Damaged
BEP
Behavioral Education Plan
BI Brain Injury
BIL Bilingual
BIP
Behavior Intervention Plan/Program
BL Blind
BMP Behavior
Management Plan/Program
BP Bi-Polar
BSP Behavior Support Plan
CA
Chronological Age
CAI Computer-Assisted Instruction
CAP Central Auditory
Processing; Corrective Action Plan
CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorders; see also APD (Auditory Processing
Disorder)
CAVP Corrective Action Verification Plan
CBA Curriculum-Based
Assessment
CBM Curriculum Based Measurement
CC Cross Categorical
CD
Cognitive Delay/Disability; Conduct Disorder; Communication Development
CER Comprehensive Evaluation
Report
CF Cystic
Fibrosis
Chapter 14 PA regulations implementing
the federal IDEA/IDEIA
CI Community Integration
CLAS
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
CLD Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
CP
Cerebral Palsy
CPS Child Protective Services
CSA Childhood Sexual Abuse CSHCN Children with
Special Health Care Needs
CST
Child Study Team D&E Diagnosis and Evaluation
DAP
Developmentally Appropriate Practices
DAS Developmental Apraxia of Speech
DB; DBL Deaf-Blind
DCD
Developmental Cognitive Disability; Developmental Coordination Disorder
D Deaf
DD
Developmental Disabilities; Developmentally Delayed; Depressive Disorder
DF Deaf
DH Developmentally
Handicapped
DI Direct Instruction
DIBELS Dynamic Indicators
of Basic Early Literacy Skills
DP Due Process
DPH Due Process Hearing
DS Down Syndrome DTT Discrete Trial Teaching/Training
EBD
Emotional Behavioral Disability; Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
ECE Early Childhood Education ECI Early
Childhood Intervention
ED Emotional Disturbance/Disability; Emotionally Disturbed
EH
Emotional Handicap
EHA
Education of the Handicapped Act (now IDEA)
EHCA
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL94-142)
EI Early Intervention
EIBI
Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention
EMH
Educable Mentally Handicapped
EMR
Educably Mentally Retarded
EPSDT
Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
ER Evaluation
Report ES Emotional Support
ESD Extended School Day ESE Exceptional
Student Education
ESL English as a Second Language
ESY or EYS Extended School Year or Extended Year Services
ETP
Effective Teaching Practices
EYS Extended Year Services (ECSE)
FAIP Functional Assessment
and Intervention Program
FAPE Free and Appropriate Public Education
FAS Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome
FAST Functional Academic Skills Test
FBA
Functional Behavioral Assessment
FC Facilitated Communication; Foster Care
FERPA Family
Education Rights and Privacy Statutes
FM Focused Monitoring
FSD Flexible Service Delivery
Model
FT Full Time
FTE Full-Time Equivalent GATE Gifted and Talented Education
GE General Education GS Gifted
Support
GT
Gifted and Talented
HFA High Functioning Autism
HI Hearing Impaired; Health Impaired HIS Hearing Impaired
Support
HOH
Hard of Hearing
IA Instructional Assistant
IAES Interim Alternative Educational Setting IAP
Individual Accommodation Plan (frequently used as synonymous with "504 Plan")
ICC
Interagency Coordinating Council
ICDP
Individual Career Development Plans IDEA Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act
IED Intermittent Explosive Disorder
IEE Independent Educational
Evaluation; Individual Education Evaluation
IEP Individualized Education Program
IFA Individualized
Functional Assessment
IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan
IPP Individualized
Program Plan
IQ Intelligence Quotient
ISP Individualized Service Plan ISS Instructional
Support Services
IST Instructional Support Team
ITM Interagency Team
Meeting
ITP
Individualized Transition Plan
IU Intermediate Unit
LD
Learning Disability; Learning Disabled
LDP Language Development Program
LEA Local Educational
Agency
LEP
Limited English Proficient/Proficiency
LI Language Impaired
LLD
Language-Based Learning Disability
LPT
Licensed Physical Therapist LPTA Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
LS Learning Support LSS Life Skills Support
MA Mental Age Manifestation Determination Utilized
to determine whether a student’s behavioral actions are due to his/her exceptionality
MBD Minimal
Brain Dysfunction
MD
Multiple Disabilities; Muscular Dystrophy MDC Multi-Disciplinary
Conference
MDD Major
Depressive Disorder
MDE Multi-disciplinary
Evaluation
MDR Manifestation Determination Review (must
be completed by IEP team prior to imposing discipline on a student with disabilities) MDS Multiple
Disabilities Support
MDT Multidisciplinary Team
M/ED Mental or Emotional
Disturbance
MH Multiply Handicapped; Mental Health
MMR Mild
Mental Retardation; Mildly Mentally Retarded; Moderately Mentally Retarded
MPD Multiple Personality
Disorder
MR
Mental Retardation; Mentally Retarded
MR/DD Mentally Retarded/Developmentally
Disabled
MR/MED Mentally Retarded and Mentally or Emotionally Disturbed (sometimes referred
to as dual diagnosis)
MS Multiple
Sclerosis MSDD Multisystem Developmental Disorder
MT Mobility Therapy/Therapist
NCLB
No Child Left Behind
NDT
Neurodevelopmental Treatment NOREP Notice of Recommended
Educational Placement
NVLD Non-Verbal Learning Disability
O&M Orientation
and Mobility
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OH
Orthopedically Handicapped
OHI Other Health Impairment
OI Orthopedic Impairment
OSEP
Office of Special Education Programs, U. S. Department of Education
OSERS Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT Occupational Therapy/Therapist
OT/PT Occupational
Therapy/Physical Therapy
PALS
Peer-Assisted Learning System
PASA Pennsylvania
Alternate System of Assessment. Statewide test for students who cannottake the PSSA due to sever cognitive limitations
PASS Plan for Achieving Self-Support
PBIS Positive Behavior
Interventions
PBS Positive Behavioral Supports PCA Personal Care Attendant
PCD Perceptual
Communicative Disability
PD Physical
Disability
PDD
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDD-NOS Pervasive
Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified PEL Present Education Level
PET
Pupil Evaluation Team
PH
Physically Handicapped
PHC Pre-hearing Conference
PI
Physical Impairment PIQ or PQ Performance
IQ
PLEP Present
Level of Educational Performance PLI Pragmatic Language Impairment
PLP or PLOP
Present Level of Performance
PP
Paraprofessional
PS Physical Support; Preschool
PSSA
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
PT
Part Time; Physical Therapy/Therapist
PTA Physical Therapist Assistant;
Post-Traumatic Amnesia
PTT Planning and Placement Team
RAD Reactive Attachment
Disorder
RDD Reading
Disorder-Dyslexia
RS (Related Services) Those
services related to the child’s special needs such as transportation, nursing services, and paraprofessional support
RR
Resource Room RRC Regional Resource Center
RTI Response/Responsiveness
To Intervention (an alternative approach to the discrepancy model of identifying a child with learning disabilities)
SA Self Assessment
SAP Student Assistance Program
SAS
Supplementary Aids and Services
SB Spina Bifida
SB
L-M Stanford-Binet, Form L-M (Language/Memory)
SBS Schoolwide Behavior
Supports
SBST
School Based Support Team
SC
Service Coordinator SDD Significant Developmental Delay
Section 504 PA regulations
implementing the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 SDI Specially Designed Instruction
SED Serious/Severe Emotional Disturbance SEP Special Education Plan
SH Severely
Handicapped
SI Speech Impaired; Sensory Integration
SIB Self-Injurious
Behavior
SIED
Significant Identifiable Emotional Disturbance
SL
Speech & Language
SLD Specific Learning Disability
SLI Speech/Language
Impairment
SLP Speech and Language Pathologist
SLPA Speech-Language
Pathologist Assistant
SLR State Liaison Representative
SLS Speech and Language
Support
SM
Selective Mutism
SPD
Semantic Pragmatic Disorder; Severe/Profound Disability
SPED
Special Education
SPH
Severe/Profound Handicap
SPLD
Semantic Pragmatic Language Disorder
SSDI Social Security Disability Income
SSI
Social Security Income STO Short-Term Objective
TA
Teaching Assistant
TAG Talented and Gifted
TBI Traumatic Brain
Injury
TDD
Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
TIEP Transition Individualized Education Plan
TMH Trainable
Mentally Handicapped
TMR Trainably Mentally Retarded
TPP Transition Planning
Process
TS
Tourette's Syndrome
TSS Therapeutic Staff Support
TSSA Therapeutic Staff
Support Assistant
Transition The outcome-orientated process designed to ensure that special education
students receive the necessary skills and training to reach goals beyond graduation
TTA Training and Technical Assistance TTY Teletypewriter (phone system for
deaf individuals—see TDD)
VAKT Visual/Auditory/Kinesthetic/Tactile
VCD Volitional
Conduct Disorder
VI Visual Impairment; Visually Impaired
VIQ or VQ
Verbal IQ
VIS Visually Impaired Support
WAIS Wechsler Adult
Intelligence Scale
WIAT Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
WISC-R Weschler Intelligence
Scale for Children-Revised
WISC-III Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition
WOD Written
Output Disorder
WPPSI Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale in Intelligence
WRAP (Wraparounds) Behavioral Health
Rehabilitation Services 
