Special Education Acronyms
Special Education
Department Address
1515 Hughes Way
Long Beach, CA 90810
Department Phone
(562) 997-8644
Special Education Acronyms
| AAC | Alternative Augmentative Communication |
| ABA | Applied Behavioral Analysis |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADD/ADHD | Attention Deficit/Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADR | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| APE | Adapted Physical Education |
| ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| ASL | American Sign Language |
| AT | Assistive Technology |
| AUT | Autism |
| BIP | Behavioral Intervention Plan |
| CAC | Community Advisory Committee |
| CAPD | Central Auditory Processing Disorder |
| CASEMIS | California Special Education Management System |
| CBI | Community Based Instruction |
| CDE | California Department of Education |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| DB | Deaf-Blind |
| DD | Developmental Delay |
| D/HH | Deaf/Hard of Hearing |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association |
| EC | Education Code |
| ED | Emotional Disturbance |
| ED | U.S. Department of Education |
| ELL | English Language Learner |
| EMD | Established Medical Disability |
| ESL | English as a Second Language |
| ESSA | Every Student Succeeds Act |
| ESY | Extended School Year |
| FAPE | Free Appropriate Public Education |
| FBA | Functional Behavioral Assessment |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| GE | General Education |
| GATE | Gifted and Talented |
| HI | Hearing Impaired |
| HH | Hard of Hearing |
| IA | Instructional Assistant |
| ID | Intellectual Disability |
| IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEE | Independent Educational Evaluation |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program |
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