| ACSA |
Association
of California School Administrators |
| ADHD |
Attention
Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AH |
Aurally
Handicapped |
| APE |
Adapted
Physical Education |
| ARC |
Association
for Retarded Citizens |
| AU |
Administrative
Unit (same as RLA) |
| AUT |
Autism |
| AWESA |
Association
of West End School Administrators |
| BIP |
Behavioral
Intervention Plan |
| CAC |
Community
Advisory Committee |
| CalStat |
California
Services for Technical Assistance Training |
| CANHC |
California
Association of Neurologically Handicapped Children |
| CAPS |
California
Association of Program Specialists |
| CARS |
California
Association of Resource Specialists |
| CASP |
California
Association of School Psychologists |
| CATS |
Career
and Transition Services |
| CBI |
Community-Based
Instruction |
| CCS |
California
Children's Center (An agency that provides physical and occupational
therapy for eligible students.) |
| CEC |
Council
of Exceptional Children (A professional organization for parents,
teachers, administrators, and others who deal with handicapped
children.) |
| CH |
Communicatively
Handicapped |
| CMH |
County
Mental Health |
| CSB |
California
School for the Blind |
| CSCD |
Community
Service Center for the Disabled |
| CSPDAC |
Comprehensive
System of Professional Development Advisory Committee |
| D/B |
Deaf/Blind |
| DCH |
Developmental
Center for Handicapped (A program for Developmentally Disabled Children
requiring intensive services.) |
| DCP |
Developing
Capable People |
| DHH |
Deaf
and Hard of Hearing |
| DIS |
Designated
Instruction and Services (Educational programs and services not
normally provided in a regular classroom, special class, or resource
specialist program.) |
| DR |
Department
of Rehabilitation |
| EC |
California
Education Code |
| ECATS |
Early
Childhood Assessment & Team Services |
| ESL |
English
as a Second Language |
| FARS |
Foothill
Area Resource Specialists |
| HH |
Hard
of Hearing |
| HI |
Hearing
Impaired |
| IA |
Instructional
Assistant |
| IBT |
Instructional/Behavioral
Technician |
| IDEA |
Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEP |
Individualized
Education Program |
| IFSP |
Individualized
Family Service Plan |
| IPS |
Instructional
Personnel Unit (Under present special education funding system, a
teacher plus an aide including salary and benefits for both; each SELPA
is entitled to a percentage based on the C-BEDS count. |
| ISGI |
Individual
and Small Group Instruction |
| ITP |
Individual
Transition Program |
| LCI |
Licensed
Children's Institute |
| LEA |
Local
Education Agency |
| LEP |
Limited-English
Proficient |
| LH |
Learning
Handicapped |
| LRE |
Least
Restrictive Environment (An appropriate educational placement which
permits a pupil to participate as fully as possible with normal peers
providing both he/she and they can still be successful. |
| LSH |
Language,
Speech and Hearing (specialists) |
| MH |
Multi-handicapped |
| MIS |
Management
Information System |
| NPS/NPA |
Nonpublic
School/Nonpublic Agency |
| O&M |
Orientation
and Mobility |
| OCIIP |
Off-Campus
Interim Instruction Program |
| OCR |
Office
of Civil Rights |
| OH |
Orthopedically
Handicapped |
| OHI |
Other
Health Impaired |
| OSEP |
Office
of Special Education Programs |
| OT |
Occupational
Therapy/Therapist |
| PAC |
Program
Advisory Committee |
| PH |
Physically
Handicapped |
| PS |
Program
Specialist |
| PT |
Physical
Therapy/Therapist |
| RD&D |
Research
Development and Demonstration |
| Region C |
Regional
Coordinating Council |
| RLA |
Responsible
Local Agency (The district, county office, or agency identified in the
Local Plans having, among other duties, the responsibility to receive
and distribute funds in support of the Local Plan.) |
| ROP |
Regional
Occupational Program |
| RS |
Resource
Specialist |
| RSP |
Resource
Specialist Program |
| RT |
Resource
Teacher |
| SanCLASS |
San
Bernardino County Learning Alternatives, School and Services Division.
This title is being phased out and is being replaced with Student
Services Division |
| SDC |
Special
Day Class (Instructional settings in which the student receives special
instruction more than 50% of the day.) |
| SDCC |
San
Diego Center for Children |
| SDL |
Severe
Disorders of Language |
| SED |
Seriously
Emotionally Disturbed |
| SEEC |
Special
Education Early Childhood |
| SELPA |
Special
Education Local Plan Area |
| SEPF |
Special
Education Parent Facilitator |
| SET |
Special
Education Technician |
| SH |
Severely
Handicapped |
| SLD |
Specific
Learning Disability |
| SLI |
Speech
and Language Impaired |
| SST |
Student
Study Term |
| TASH |
The
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps |
| TBI |
Thrombotic
Brain Injury |
| TDD |
Telecommunications
Device for the Deaf |
| TEACCH |
Treatment
& Education of Autistic and Related Communicatively Handicapped
Children |
| TPP |
Transition
Partnership Project |
| VH |
Visually
Handicapped |
| VI |
Visually
Impaired |
| WAI |
Work
Ability I |
| WA, too |
Work
Ability, Middle School |
