List of Common Acronyms/Terms

ADD Attention Decit Disorder

ADHD Attention Decit Hyperactivity Disorder
AT Assistive Technology
BIP Behavioral Intervention Plan
CORE CURRICULUM Utah State Ofce of Education standards which must be completed by all students K-12
as a requisite to graduate from Utahs secondary schools (general curriculum)
CP Cerebral Palsy
DD Developmentally Delayed
DSPD Division of Services for People with Disabilities
ED Emotional Disturbance
ESL English as a Second Language
ESY Extended School Year
FAPE Free, Appropriate, Public Education
FBA/FUBA Functional Behavioral Assessment
FERPA Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
HI Hearing Impairment
HO Hearing Ofcer
IAES Interim Alternative Education Setting
ID Intellectual Disability
IDEA 2004 Individualis with Disabilities Education Act; Re-authorized in 2004
IEP Individualized Educational Program or Plan
IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan
LD Learning Disability
LEA Local Education Agency
LRBI Least Restrictive Behavioral Intervention
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MD Manifestation Determination or Multiple Disabilities
OHI Other Health Impairment
O&M Orientation and Mobility
OT Occupational Therapy
PBS, PBI Positive Behavioral Supports, Positive Behavioral Interventions
PLAAFP Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
PT Physical Therapy
RTI Response to Intervention
SEA State Education Agency (The Utah State Ofce of Education)
SLD Specic Learning Disability
SLP Speech Language Pathologist
SPED Special Education
STO Short Term Objective
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
UMTSS Utah Multi-Tiered System of Supports
USB Utah School for the Blind
USD Utah School for the Deaf
USDB Utah School for the Deaf and Blind
USOE Utah State Ofce of Education
USEAP Utah State Ofce of Education Special Education Advisory Panel
VI Visual Impairment
VR Vocational Rehabilitation