Commonly Used Abbreviations
ABA--Applied Behavioral Analysis
ADD--Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD--Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder
AES--Alternative Education Setting
AFO, MAFO, DAFO--Ankle Foot orthotics
Aide - you hope your child's SpEd teacher has at least one! Make sure the Aides are not the ones doing all the work (either for the teacher or your child)
AIT--Auditory Integration Training
AROM--Active Range Of Motion
ATNR--Assymetric Tonic Neck Reflex
ATR-XS--Alpha/thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome
BD - Behavior Disordered must have at least a normal IQ (80 or above)
bid - twice a day
BPD - Broncho Pulmonary Dysplasia
BIP--Behavioral Intervention Plan CAPD--Central Auditory Processing Disorder
CCU--Cardiac Care Unit
CDDO--Community Developmental Disability Organization
CDH--Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
CEP--Current Education Placement
CMV--Cytomegalovirus
Convulsion - seizure
COP--Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPM--Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (an evaluation measure)
CP--Cerebral Palsy
CP--Cerebral Palsy
Cross-Cat - means the teacher is certified to teach more than one disability. In reference to classrooms, it means that the students have more than one label (primary disability)
CST--Cranio-Sacral Therapy
CT scan--Cat scan
CVA--Cerebral Vascular Accident
CVI--Cortical Vision Impairment
DCD--Developmental Coordination Disorder DD--Developmentally Delayed
DH--Developmentally Handicapped
DOE--Department of Education
Dx--diagnosis
ECI--Early Childhood Intervention
EI--Early Intervention
EEG--Electro Encephalogram
EHA--Education of Handicapped Children Act, P.L. 94-142
EMH - Educable Mentally Handicapped which is the same as: MI/mi
ESEA--Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESL--English (is the) Second Language
ESY--Extended School Year
FAPE--Free and Appropriate Public Education
FBA--Functional Behavioral Assessment
FERPA--Family Educational Rights Privacy Act
FICC--Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
504 Plan - an accommodation plan for a student who does not qualify for Special Education services.
FM/FMS--Fibromyalgia Syndrome
FOC--Frontal Occipital Circumference
FTT--Failure to Thrive
Gifted - IQ above 120, may also refer to a specific ability such as music
HBO--Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
HBOT--Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
HH--Hearing Handicapped
HI - Hearing Impaired
HIE--Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
Hippotherapy--Therapeutic Horseback Riding
Hypertonic--high muscle tone(spastic)
Hypotonic--low muscle tone(floppy)
IAT--Intervention Assistance Team
ICC--Interagency Coordinating Council
IDEA--Individuals with Disabilties Act, P.L. 101-476
IEE--Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP--Individualized Education Plan
IFSP--Individualized Family Support Plan--used in early intervention
IS--Infantile Spasms
IVH--interventricular hemorrhage
KAFO--Brace up to hip
KFO--Brace up to knee
LAP--Learning Assessment Profile
LD - Learning Disabled must have at least a normal IQ (80 or above)
LEA--Local Education Agency
LH--Left Hemiplegic
LRE--Least Restrictive Environment
LUE--Left Upper Extremity
MFE--Multifactored Evaluation
MH--MultiHandicapped
MI/mi - Mental Impairment, mild all three usually refer to an IQ between 60 and 70, sometimes as high as 80.
MI/mo - Mental Impairment, moderate both usually refer to an IQ between 50 and 60
MMR - Mild Mental Retardation which is the same as: EMH
MOHO--Model of Human Occupation (Gary Keilhofner's model)
MR--Mentally retarded
MR/DD--Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
MRI--Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MVPT--Motor-free Visual Perception Test
NARHA--North American Riding for Handicapped Association
Neuro--Neurologist
NDA--non disabled
NICU--Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NMR - MRI (an MRI is actually a Nuclear Magnetic Resounance Image)
O & M--Orientation and Mobility Training. These are mobility training services given by an O&M specilist who has training in working with people with visual impairments or blindness.
OCD--Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCR--Office of Civil Rights
ODD--Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OHI - Other Health Impaired
OH--Orthopedically Handicapped
ONH--Optic Nerve Hypoplasia--underdeveloped optic nerve
Ortho--Orthopedist
OSEP--Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS--Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
OT--Occupational Therapy or Therapist
PAC--Parent Advisory Council
PACER--Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
PDD--Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDD-NOS--Pevasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified
PHI - Physically/Health Impaired
Physio--Physiatrist
PICU--Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
po - by mouth (per os)
PROM WFL--Passive Range Of Motion, Within Functional Limits
PT--Physical Therapy or Therapist
PTIC--Parent Training and Information Center
PTSD--Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PVL--Periventricular lucomalacia
PwD--Person with a Disability
PwE--Person with Epilepsy
RAD - Reactive Airway Disease
RH--Right Hemiplegic
RLE--Right Lower Extremity
ROM--Range Of Motion
RSD--Reflex Symapthetic Dystrophy
RT--Respiratory Therapist
RUE--Right Upper Extremity Rx--prescription
SEA--State Educational Agency
SERS--Special Education and Related Services
Savant - a skill that is much above the rest of the person's functioning, for example a person with an IQ of 66 may be able to spell any word you may give her and without understanding what the word means
SBH--Severe Behavior Handicapped
SDR--Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
SEA--State Education Agency
SERRC--Special Education Regional Resource Center
Severe and Profound - IQ below 50, almost always involves physical and medical handicaps
SFA--School Function Assessment
SI--Sensory Intergration
SID--Sensory Integration Dysfunction
SIPT--Sensory Integration and Praxis Test
SLD--Specific Learning Disability
SLP--Speech/Language Pathologist
SMA--Spinal Muscular Atrophy
SpEd - Special Education
Speech - Speech and Language Therapy (speech works on producing sounds and words, language works on spoken and written communication)
SSI--Supplimental Security income
SST--Supplemental Service Teacher
ST--Speech Therapy or Therapist
std. dev.--standard deviation
TBI--Traumatic Brain Injury
TES--Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation
tid - three times a day
TLE--Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
TMH - Trainable Mentally Handicapped which is the same as: MI/mo
TS--Tuberous Sclerosis
TVPS--Test of Visual Perceptual Skills
Tx--# of treatments
UARS--Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
UE--Upper Extremity
VI--Vision Impaired
VSD--Ventricular Septal Defect
WFL--Within Functional Limits
WNL--Within Normal Limits
AFK--Away From Keyboard
BAK--Back At Keyboard
B/C--because
BRB--Be Right Back
BTW--By The Way
CUL8R--See You Later
D/L--Downloading
GMTA--Great Minds Think Alike
{}--Hugs
{:-*}--Hugs and Kisses
IAB--I Am BORED!
ILY--I love you!
IMHO--In My Humble Opinion
JC--just curious
J/K--Just Kidding
LMBO--Laughing my butt off
LOL--laugh out loud
OIC--Oh, I see!
OL--online
OMG--Oh My GOSH!
OTF--On The Floor (laughing)
ROFL--rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLWTIME--Rolling On Floor With Tears In My Eyes
ROTF--Rolling On The Floor
TIA--Thanks In Advance
TTFN--Ta-Ta For Now!
TTYL--Talk to You Later
UGG--You Go Girl!
WB--Welcome Back
WTG--Way To Go
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