Where's the best place to find definitions for Special Ed jargon?

Question

I have had some trouble understanding the answers I have been provided in Yahoo Answers because of the lingo of the Special Education "subculture." I am new to this and my daughter has not yet been officially diagnosed. Could you lead me to a good online reference guide for Special Education vocabulary and abbreviations? Thanks!

Answer 1

DPI might have it. (Department of Instruction.org)

Answer 2

I have this great book...

http://www.amazon.com/Early-Intervention...

   This book has been great for me as a Special Education Preschool teacher... it has all the pretty common terms, as well as many you may not have heard of.  Comes in handy when you are learning all the professional jargon!

Answer 3

Try the Council for Exceptional Children:

www.cec.sped.org

Answer 4

Council for Disability Rights - Parent's Guide to Special Ed Terms

http://www.disabilityrights.org/glossary...

Special Ed Acronyms

http://dpi.wi.gov/sped/acronym.html

National Education Association - Special Ed Terms & Acronymns

http://www.nea.org/webresources/speciale...

Special Education Terms from Attorney Philpot

http://www.dphilpotlaw.com/html/glossary...

more than you probably want at PARA (for paraprofessionals)

http://para.unl.edu/para/SpedProg/Glossa...

Wrightslaw

http://www.wrightslaw.com/links/glossary...

http://www.fetaweb.com/06/glossary.sped....

LD online

http://www.ldonline.org/glossary

Parent Information Center

http://www.parentinformationcenter.org/s...

Answer 5

Terminology:

A.D.D.

Attention Deficit Disorder



A.D.H.D.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder



A.P.E.

Adapted Physical Education



C.A.T.S.

Career and Transition Services



D.H.H.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing



D.I.S.

Designated Instructional Services-sometimes called related services- Language and Speech,

Adapted P.E., itinerant services for the Visually Handicapped, etc



source and lots more here:

http://www.csun.edu/~ffrc/SPED_Terminolo...

http://specialed.about.com/cs/teacherstr...

Answer 6

Here is the list I give to my new parents:

ABA Applied Behavior Analysis

ABC Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence/A... Behavior Checklist

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADL Activities of Daily Living

AIT Auditory Integration Training

APD Auditory Processing Disorder

APE Adapted Physical Education

ARI Autism Research Institute

ASA Autism Society of America

ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder

ASPIE A Person With Asperger’s Syndrome

AT Auditory Training

AUT Autism

AUTIE A Person With Autism

BD Behavioral Disorder

BIP Behavior Intervention Plan

BIS Behavior Intervention Services

BMP Behavior Management Plan

BP Bi-Polar (formerly, manic-depressive)

BRIAC Behavior Rating Instrument for Autistic and Other Atypical Children

CAN Cure Autism Now

CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorder

CARS Childhood Autism Rating Scale

CCF Community Care Facility

CD Conduct Disorder

CDE California Department of Education

CF Casein-Free

CH Communicatively Handicapped

CHAT Checklist for Autism in Toddlers

CI Casein Intolerant

CNS Central Nervous System

COE County Office of Education

CPC Client Program Coordinator or Service Coordinator

CRA Clients’ Rights Advocate

CVPD Central Vision Processing Disorder

DAN! Defeat Autism Now!

DC Developmental Center

DD Developmental Disability/Developmental Disorder

DDS Department of Developmental Services

DH Developmentally Handicapped

DR Disability Rights

DRO Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior

DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (4th ed.)

DTT Discrete Trial Training

Dx Diagnosis

EBD Emotional Behavior Disorder

ED Emotional Disturbance

EEG ElectroEncephaloGram

EIBT Early Intensive Behavior Training

EIC Early Intervention Consultants

ESL English as Second Language

ESY Extended School Year

FA Functional Analysis

FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education

FC Facilitated Communication

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FEAT Families for Effective Autism Treatment

FERPA Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FRN Family Resource Network

GARS Gilliam Autism Rating Scale

GF Gluten-Free

GFCF Gluten-Free, Casein-Free

GI Gluten Intolerant

HFA High Functioning Autism

IA Instructional Assistant (aide, para-educator, tutor)

ICF/DD Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled

ICF/DD-H Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled-Habilitative

ICF/DD-N Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled-Nursing

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IDT Interdisciplinary Team

IEP Individualized Educational Program

IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan

IHSS In-Home Supportive Services

ILS Independent Living Skills Program

IPP Individual Program Plan

IQ Intelligence Quotient

LD Learning Disabled

LEA Local Educational Agency

LF Lactose Free

LFA Low Functioning Autism

LH Learning Handicapped

LI Lactose Intolerant

LLD Language-based Learning Disability

LRE Least Restrictive Environment

LSH Language, Speech and Hearing

MAB Management of Assaultive Behaviors

MBD Minimum Brain Dysfunction

M-D Manic-Depression (Bipolar)

MD Multiple Disability

MDO Major Depressive Disorder

MDT Multidisciplinary Team (generally, those making up the IEP team)

MH Mental Health

MR Mental Retardation

MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging

NAAR National Alliance for Autism Research

NDA Not Diagnosed with Anything

NET Natural Environment Training

NICHCY National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

NOD Not Otherwise Defined

NOS Not Otherwise Specified

NPA/S Non-Public Agency/School

NS Noonan’s Syndrome

NT Neurologically Typical

NVLD Non-Verbal Learning Disability

OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

OCRA Office of Clients Rights Advocate

ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OHI Other Health Impairment

OT Occupational Therapy

PAI Protection & Advocacy, Inc.

PANDAS Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus

PDD- Pervasive Developmental Disorder

  NOS   Not Otherwise Specified

PDR Physician’s Desk Reference

PET Positron Emission Tomography

PIA Parent Interviews for Autism

POHI Physically or Otherwise Health Impaired

POS Purchase of Services

PPA Parent of a Person with Autism

PT Physical Therapy

PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

RDI Relationship Development Intervention

Rx Medication or Treatment

SBH Severe Behavior Handicap

SDC Special Day Class

SED Severely Emotionally Disturbed

SELPA Special Education Local Plan Area

SH Severely Handicapped

SI Sensory Integration

SIB Self-Injurious Behavior

SID Sensory Integration Disorder

SLD Specific Learning Disability

SLP Speech & Language Pathology

SLS Supported Living Services

SSI Social Security Income

SSD Social Security Disability

SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

TBI Traumatic Brain Injury

TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children

TOM Theory of Mind

TS Tourette’s Syndrome or Tuberous Sclerosis

Tx Therapy

USD Unified School District

VB Verbal Behavior

VQ Verbal IQ

VR Vocational Rehabilitation

YO Year Old