| ABA |
Applied Behavioral Analysis |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ALD |
Assisted Listening Device |
| APS |
Approved Private School |
| ASD |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| ASL |
American Sign Language |
| AVTS |
Area Vocational Technical School |
| AYP |
Adequate Yearly Progress |
| BEC |
Basic Education Circular |
| BIP |
Behavior Intervention Plan |
| BSE |
Bureau of Special Education |
| CBA |
Curriculum-Based Assessment |
| CERC |
Corrections Education Records Center |
| CTC |
Career and Technical Education Center |
| DIBELS |
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills |
| DPW |
Department of Public Welfare |
| ED |
Emotional Disturbance |
| EI |
Early Intervention |
| ELL |
English Language Learners |
| ER |
Evaluation Report |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| ESOL |
English for Speakers for Other Languages |
| ESY |
Extended School Year |
| FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
| FBA |
Functional Behavioral Assessment |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights Privacy Act |
| IDEA |
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEE |
Independent Educational Evaluation |
| IEP |
Individualized Education Program |
| LEA |
Local Educational Agency |
| LEP |
Limited English Proficiency |
| LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
| MA |
Medical Assistance |
| MD |
Multiple Disabilities |
| MDT |
Multidisciplinary Team |
| NCLB |
No Child Left Behind |
| NOREP |
Notice of Recommended Educational Placement |
| O & M |
Orientation and Mobility |
| OCD |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| ODD |
Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| OSEP |
Office of Special Education Programs |
| OT |
Occupational Therapy |
| OVR |
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| PASA |
Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment |
| PaTTAN |
Pennsylvania Training & Technical Assistance Network |
| PDD |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
| PDD-NOS |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not otherwise Specified |
| PDE |
Pennsylvania Department of Education |
| PSSA |
Pennsylvania State System of Assessment |
| PT |
Physical Therapy |
| RTI |
Response to Intervention |
| SBBH |
School Based Behavioral Health |
| SDI |
Specially Designed Instruction |
| SEA |
State Educational Agency |
| SLD |
Specific Learning Disability |
| STL |
Short Term Loan |
| SWPBIS |
School wide Positive Behavior Interventions & Support |
| TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TDD |
Telecommunication Device for the Deaf |
| TSS |
Therapeutic Staff Support |
| VI |
Visual Impairment |
