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Question

What do all those special education abbreviations mean?

 

Answer

Acronyms are short ways of saying terms frequently used by special educators.

ADA  Americans With Disabilities Act
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
ADL Activities of Daily Living
AG & STIO Annual Goal & Short Term Instructional Objectives
AI Autistic Impairment
APE  Adapted Physical Education
CBI  Community Based Instruction
CEC  Council for Exceptional Children
CI Cognitive Impairment
CP Cerebral Palsy
DD Developmental Disability
CMH Community Mental Health
DMH Department of Mental Health
DPH Department of Public Health
DSS Department of Social Services (Obsolete - see FIA)
ECDD Early Childhood Developmental Delay
EI Emotional Impairment
MI Mental Impairment
FAPE  Free Appropriate Public Education
FIA Family Independence Agency (formerly DSS)
FTE Full Time Equivalency
H/H  Homebound and/or Hospitalized
HI Hearing Impairment
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP Individualized Education Program
IEPT Individualized Educational Planning Team
IFSP  Individualized Family Service Plan
IQ  Intelligence Quotient
ISD  Intermediate School District
LD Learning Disability or Learning Disabilities
LEA Local Education Agency
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MAPS McGill Action Planning System
MDE Michigan Department of Education
MET Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team
MIPP Macomb Infant Preschool Program
MPAS Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services
OBE Outcome-Based Education
OHI Other Health Impairment
O&M  Orientation and Mobility Instruction
OSE/EIS Office of Special Education Early Intervention Services (State)
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (Federal)
OT  Occupational Therapist or Therapy
PA Public Act
P&A Protection and Advocacy Services
PA 198 Mandatory Michigan Special Education Act of 1971
PA 451 Michigan Public Act of 1976 (replaced PA 198)
PAC Parent Advisory Committee
PI Physical Impairment
PL Public Law
PL 94-142 Education for All Handicapped Act
PO Performance Objective
POHI  Physically and Otherwise Health Impaired
PT Physical Therapist or Physical Therapy
REI Regular Education Initiative
SEA State Education Agency
SEAC  State Special Education Advisory Committee
SLI  Speech and Language Impairment
SMI  Severe Mental Impairment
SSW  School Social Worker
STIO Short Term Instructional Objective
SXI  Severely Multiply Impaired
TBI  Traumatic Brain Injured
TC  Teacher Consultant
TMI  Trainable Mental Impairment
TOTE  Teach Our Tots Early
TSLI  Teacher of the Speech and Language Impaired
VI  Visually Impaired

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