IEP Acronyms---Education ABCs
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department Of Education
AAC Augmentative/Alternative Communication
ABA Applied Behavior Analysis
ADA Americans With Disabilities Act
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AIM Accessible Instructional Materials
ALD Assistive Listening Device
APS Approved Private School
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASL American Sign Language
AT Assistive Technology
AVTS Area Vocational Technical School
AYP Adequate Yearly Progress
BEC Basic Education Circular
BSE Bureau of Special Education
CAO Chief Administrative Officer
CART Computer Aided Realtime Translation
CASSP Child & Adolescent Service System Program
CAVP Corrective Action Verification Plan
CBA Curriculum-Based Assessment
CDT Classroom Diagnostic Tools
CERC Corrections Education Records Center
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
COP Communities of Practice
CTC Career and Technical Education Center
CTE Career and Technical Education
DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
DPW Department of Public Welfare
EBR Educational Benefit Review
ED Emotional Disturbance
EI Early Intervention
EIPA Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
EITA Early Intervention Technical Assistance
ELL English Language Learners
EPSDT Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
ER Evaluation Report
ESEA Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESL English as a Second Language
ESY Extended School Year
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
IAES Interim Alternative Educational Setting
ICC Interagency Coordinating Council
ID Intellectual Disability
IDEA Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
IEE Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP Individualized Education Program
IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan
IU Intermediate Unit
LEA Local Educational Agency
LICC Local Interagency Coordinating Council
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
LTCC Local Transition Coordinating Council
LTF Local Task Force
MA Medical Assistance
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MTSS Multi-tiered Systems of Support
NCLB No Child Left Behind
NCSC National Center and State Collaborative
NISL National Institute for School Leadership
NOREP Notice of Recommended Educational Placement
O & M Orientation and Mobility
OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCDEL Office of Child Development and Early Learning
OCR Office for Civil Rights
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ODHH Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
ODR Office for Dispute Resolution
OHI Other Health Impairment
OI Orthopedic Impairment
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
OT Occupational Therapy
OVR Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
PASA Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment
PaTTAN Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network
PBIS Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports
PBSP Positive Behavior Support Plan
PDE Pennsylvania Department of Education
PIMS Pennsylvania Information Management System
PSSA Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
PWN Prior Written Notice
PVAAS Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System
RR Reevaluation Report
RtII Response to Instruction and Intervention
SAS Standards Aligned System
SaS Supplementary Aids and Services
SBBH School Based Behavioral Health
SDI Specially Designed Instruction
SEA State Educational Agency
SEAP Special Education Advisory Panel
SICC State Interagency Coordinating Council
SLD Specific Learning Disability
SLP Speech/Language Pathologist
STF State Task Force
STL Short-Term Loan
SWPBIS Schoolwide Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TIMS Teacher Information Management System
TSS Therapeutic Staff Support
TVI Teacher of Visually Impaired
UDL Universal Design for Learning
VI Visual Impairment