Acronyms
Here is a list of acronyms commonly used BY the Colorado Department of Education.
| AAC | Augmentative Alternative Communication |
| ABI | Acquired Brain Injury |
| ADA | Americans With Disabilities Act |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder |
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
| APE | Adapted Physical Education |
| APR | Annual Performance Report |
| ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| ASHA | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
| ASL | American Sign Language |
| AT | Assistive Technology |
| AU | Administrative Unit |
| AUA | Administrative Unit of Attendance |
| AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress |
| BD | Behavior Disorder |
| BEP | Behavior Education Program |
| BIP | Behavior Intervention Plan |
| BOCES | Board of Cooperative Educational Services |
| BOCS | Board of Cooperative Services |
| BVI | Blind/Visually Impaired |
| CAP | Corrective Action Plan |
| CCB | Community Centered Board |
| CCR | Colorado Code of Regulations |
| CDE | Colorado Department of Education |
| CEC | Council for Exceptional Children |
| CHADD | Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| CI | Cochlear Implant |
| CIMC-VH | Colorado Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Handicapped |
| CIMP | Continuous Improvement and Monitoring Process |
| CLD | Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CP | Cerebral Palsy |
| CSDB | Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind |
| CSEAC | Colorado Special Education Advisory Committee |
| DB | Deafblind or Deafblindness |
| DD | Developmentally Disabled |
| DHH | Deaf/Hard of Hearing |
| DPH | Due Process Hearing |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV |
| DSU | Data Services Unit |
| DVR | Division of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| ECE | Early Childhood Education |
| ECEA | Exceptional Children's Educational Act |
| ECSE | Early Childhood Special Education |
| ED | Emotional Disability |
| EDAC | Education Data Advisory Committee |
| EI | Educational Interpreter |
| ELL | English Language Learner |
| EOY | End of Year |
| ESL | English as a Second Language |
| ESSU | Exceptional Student Services Unit |
| ESY | Extended School Year |
| FAPE | Free Appropriate Public Education |
| FBA | Functional Behavior Assessment |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FHA | Functional Hearing Assessment |
| FVA | Functional Visual Assessment |
| GT | Gifted and Talented |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act |
| HKNC | Helen Keller National Center |
| HQT | Highly Qualified Teacher |
| ICAP | Individual Career and Academic Plan |
| ICC | Interagency Coordinating Council |
| ID | Intellectual Disability |
| IDEA | Individuals With Disabilities Education Act |
| IEE | Independent Educational Evaluation |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program |
| IFSP | Individualized Family Service Plan |
| IHO | Independent Hearing Officer |
| IPS | Individualized Planning Sessions |
| IQ | Intelligence Quotient |
| ITP | Individual Transition Plan |
| LD | Learning Disabled |
| LEA | Local Education Agency |
| LEP | Limited English Proficient |
| LMA | Learning Media Assessment |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment |
| MD | Multiple Disabilities |
| MPRRC | Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center |
| NASDSE | National Association of State Directors of Special Education |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind |
| NECTAS | National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System |
| NIMAC | National Instructional Materials Access Center |
| NIMAS | National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard |
| NPSO | National Post-School Outcomes Center |
| NSTTAC | National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center |
| NTAC | National Technical Assistance Consortium |
| OCR | Office of Civil Rights |
| OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| O&M | Orientation and Mobility |
| OSEP | Office of Special Education Programs |
| OSERS | Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services |
| OT | Occupational Therapy |
| Part B | Special Education - School-Aged Children (Ages 3-21) |
| Part C | Special Education Early Intervention - Birth through 2 Years Old |
| PBIS | Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports |
| PBS | Positive Behavior Support |
| PC | Perceptual-Communicative Criteria |
| PCD | Perceptual or Communicative Disability |
| PD | Physical Disability |
| PEAK | Parent Education and Assistance for Kids |
| PEP | Parents Encouraging Parents |
| PsD | Preschool Disability |
| PT | Physical Therapy |
| RAD | Reactive Attachment Disorder |
| RtI | Response to Intervention |
| SA | Self-Assessment |
| SAT | Student Assistance Team |
| SBRR | Scientifically Based Reading Research |
| SEA | State Education Agency |
| SEAP | Special Education Advisory Panel |
| Section 619 | Special Education 3-5 Years Old |
| SEFAC | Special Education Fiscal Advisory Committee |
| SI | Sensory Integration |
| SIED | Significant Identifiable Emotional Disability |
| SILC | Supporting Inclusive Learning Communities |
| SIP | State Improvement Plan |
| SLD | Specific Learning Disability |
| SLI | Speech or Language Impairment |
| SLIC | Significant Limited Intellectual Capacity |
| SOP | State Operated Program |
| S/P | Severe/Profound |
| SLP | Speech Language Pathologist |
| SPP | State Performance Plan |
| SSN | Significant Support Needs |
| SWAAAC | Statewide Assistive, Augmentative Alternative Communication |
| SWAP | School to Work Alliance Program |
| SWD | Students with Disabilities |
| TA | Technical Assistance |
| TAP | Transition Action Plan |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TDD | Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
| ToD | Teacher of the Deaf |
| TP | Transition Plan |
| TTE | Temporary Teacher Eligibility |
| TTY | TeleType or Text Telephone |
| TVI | Teacher of Students Who Are Visually Impaired |
| USDE | United States Department of Education |
| VD | Visually Disabled |
| VI | Visually Impaired |
| VR | Vocational Rehabilitation |