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Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Terms

  • ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
  • ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • APE: Adapted Physical Education
  • AUT: Autistic
  • CAC: Community Advisory Committee
  • CCR: California Code of Regulations - Title V
  • CCS: California Children's Services (provides OT and PT services)
  • CELDT: California English Language Development Test
  • CP: Cerebral Palsy
  • CBI: Community Based Instruction
  • DB: Deaf/Blindness
  • DEAF: Deafness
  • DHH: Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  • DIS: Designated Instruction and Services (same as related services; commonly includes Occupational Therapy (OT), Physical Therapy (PT)  Speech and Language Therapy, Adapted Physical Education (APE)
  • ECSE: Early Childhood Special Education
  • EMD: Established Medical Disability (ages 3-5)
  • ED: Emotionally Disturbed
  • FAPE: Free Appropriate Public Education
  • GATE: Gifted and Talented Education
  • IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (P.L. 101-476)
  • ID: Intellectual Disability
  • IEP: Individualized Education Program
  • ITP: Individual Transition Program
  • HH: Hard of hearing
  • LD: Learning Disabled
  • LEP: Limited English Proficient
  • Local Plan: A legal document that describes in detail how the special education local agency will implement special education laws and regulations within its jurisdiction.
  • LRE: Least Restrictive Environment
  • MD: Multiple Disabilities
  • OI: Orthopedic Impairment
  • OHI: Other Health Impairment
  • OT: Occupational Therapy
  • PT: Physical Therapy
  • P.L. 94-142: Education for All Handicapped Children Act (federal law)
  • RSP: Resource Specialist Program
  • SDC: Special Day Class
  • Section 504: Section of Civil Rights Law (Rehabilitation Act of 1973) pertaining to individuals with disabilities
  • SELPA: Special Education Local Plan Area
  • SLD: Specific Learning Disability
  • SLI: Speech and Language Impairment
  • SST: Student Study Team (same as child study team and guidance team)
  • TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Title 5 Regulations: California regulations concerning special education laws
  • VI: Visual Impairment
  • Visual Motor: The ability to coordinate vision with body movements