The A:B:C’s of ESE:
Understanding Exceptional Student Education
Acronyms
AIP:
Academic Improvement Plan
FAA:
Florida Alternative Assessment
APE:
Adapted Physical Education
FAB:
Functional Assessment of Behavior
ASL:
American Sign Language
FAPE: Free & Appropriate Education
AT:
Assistive Technology
FCAT: Florida Comprehensive Assessment
Test
ATIP: Assistive Technology
Implementation Plan
BIP:
Behavior Intervention Plan
CC:
Common Core
CM:
Case Manager
CR:
Compliance Review
CST:
Child Study Team
DEC:
Division of Early Childhood (CEC)
DVR:
Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
EC:
Early Childhood
EC:
Established Condition
EI:
Early Intervention
EOC:
End of Course
EP:
Educational Plan
ESD:
Extended School Day
ESE:
Exceptional Student Education
ESOL: English for Speakers of Other
Languages
ESY:
Extended School Year
FERPA : Family Educational Rights &
Privacy Act
FLDOE: Florida Department of Education
GED: General Equivalency Diploma
Gen Ed: General Education
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities
Educational Act
IEP:
Individual Educational Plan
IFSP:
Individual Family Service Plan
IQ:
Intelligence Quotient
ISP:
Individual Service Plan
K-12: Kindergarten through twelfth
grade
LEA:
Local Education Agency
LEP:
Limited English Proficient
LRE:
Least Restricted Environment
M-Team: Multidisciplinary Team
MTSS: Multi-Tiered System of Support
OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODD: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
EXCEPTIONALITIES
OSEP: Office of Special Education
ASD:
OT:
Occupational Therapy or Therapist
DD : Developmental Delay
PBS:
Positive Behavioral Supports
DHH: Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Autism Spectrum Disorder
PDD: Pervasive Developmental Disorder
DSI:
Dual-Sensory Impairments
PI:
EBD:
Emotional/ Behavioral Disability
Physically Impaired
PLEP: Present Levels of Educational
Performance
PT:
Physical Therapy or Therapist
PMP: Progress Monitoring Plan
RT:
Re-evaluation Team
RtI:
Response to Intervention
RtIB:
Response to Intervention for
Behavior
SAT:
Standardized Achievement Test
SCM: Safe Crisis Management
SDT:
Student Development Team
SLP:
Speech & Language Pathologist
SPED: Special Education
SPED-EMS: Specialized Education
Electronic Management
System (IEP)
SSS:
Sunshine State Standard
SST:
School Support Team
Voc. Ed: Vocational Education
HHP: Homebound or Hospitalized
InD:
Intellectual Disabilities
LI:
Language Impairment
OHI:
Other Health Impairment
OI:
Orthopedically Impaired
SLD:
Specific Learning Disabilities
SI:
Speech Impairment
TBI:
Traumatic Brain Injury
VI:
Visual Impairment