• Throughout the course of your child's academic career you may come across an array of acronyms or terms. The following is list of terms used in Special Education.
    • AAIDD- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
    • ABA- Applied Behavioral Analysis
    • ADA-Americans with Disabilities Act
    • ADD-Attention Deficit Disorder
    • ADL- Activities of Daily Living
    • ADHD-  Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
    • AE- Age Equivalent
    • AHRC -Association for the Help of Retarded Children
    • AIT- Auditory Integration Training
    • AT- Assistive Technology
    • BOCES- Board of Cooperative Educational Services
    • BOE- Board of Education
    • CMHC- Community Mental Health Center
    • CP- Cerebral Palsy
    • CPSE- Committee on Preschool Special Education
    • CR-Community Residence
    • CSE- Committee on Special Education
    • CSEA- Civil Service Employee Association
    • CST- Child Study Team
    • CT- Consultant Teacher
    • DD- Developmental Disability
    • DDP- Developmental Disability Profile
    • DFY- Division for Youth
    • DOH- Department of Health
    • DSS- Department of Social Services
    • ED- Emotionally Disabled
    • FAS- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
    • FTE- Full Time Equivalent
    • FY-Fiscal Year
    • ICF- Intermediate Care Facility
    • ID- Intellectual Disability
    • IEE- Independent Educational Evaluation
    • IEP- Individual Education Plan
    • IESP- Individual Education Service Plan
    • IH- Impartial Hearing
    • IHO- Impartial Hearing Officer
    • ILC- Independent Living Center
    • IST- Instructional Support Team
    • IQ- Intelligence Quotient
    • LCSW- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
    • LD- Learning Disabled
    • MD- Multiply Disabled
    • MHL- Mental Hygiene Law
    • MR-Mental Retardation
    • NI- Neurological Impairment
    • NYALD- New York Association of Learning Disabilities
    • NYCRR- New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
    • NYSARC- New York State Association of Retarded Children
    • NYSED- New York State Education Department
    • OAD- Office of Advocate for the Disabled
    • ODD- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
    • OHI- Other Health Impaired
    • OI- Orthopedically Impaired
    • OMH- Office of Mental Health
    • OMRDD- Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
    • OSES- Office of Special Education Services
    • OT- Occupational Therapy
    • PDD- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
    • PIAT-R- Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Revised
    • PPVT-R- Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Revised
    • PT- Physical Therapy
    • PWS- Prader-Willie Syndrome
    • PLS-3- Preschool Language School – 3
    • ROM- Range of Motion
    • RR- Resource Room
    • RTF- Residential Treatment Facility
    • SI- Sensory Integration
    • SSI- Social Security Income
    • SI- Speech Impaired
    • SRO- State Review Officer
    • SS- Standard Score
    • TEACCH- Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Children
    • TDD- Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
    • TLC- Test of Language Competency
    • TOLD-2- Test of Language Development – 2
    • VI- Visual Impairment
    • VMI- Visual Motor Integration
    • WAIS-R- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Revised
    • WIAT- Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
    • WPPSI-R- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Revised
    • WRAT-3- Wide Range Achievement Test – 3rd Edition
    • WISC-III- Wechsler Intelligence Scale – 3rd Edition
    • WJ-R- Woodcock-Psycho-Educational Battery - Revised
    • New York State Education Department