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Albhabet Soup: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms in Special Education
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
CDC Comprehensive Development Class (a self-contained special education classroom).
CP Cerebral Palsy
DCS Department of ChildrenŐs Services
DD Developmental Disabilities or Developmental Delays
DHS Department of Human Services
DMH/MR Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
ED Emotionally Disturbed
EHA Education of the Handicapped Act ESY Extended School Year
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
HI Hearing Impaired
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP Individualized Education Program
IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan
IQ Intelligence Quotient
LD Learning Disabled
LEA Local Educational Agency
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MD Muscular Dystrophy
MH Multiply Handicapped
MR Mental Retardation
OCR Office of Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education)
OHI Other Health Impaired
OT Occupational Therapy
PT Physical Therapy
SEA State Educational Agency
SED Serious Emotional Disturbance
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TEIS Tennessee Early Intervention Services
TP&A Tennessee Protection and Advocacy
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
IEP's
Evaluations
STEP web site: http://www.tnstep.org