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So what do all of these acronyms mean?
- 1:1 - One to One Assistant
- AAC - Alternative Augmentative Communication
- ABA - Applied Behavioral Analysis
- ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADD/ADHD - Attention Deficit/Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- APE - Adaptive Physical Education
- ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorders
- ASL - American Sign Language
- AT - Assistive Technology
- AYP - Adequate Yearly Progress
- BCBA - Board Certified Behavior Analyst
- BD - Behavioral Disorder
- BIP - Behavioral Intervention Plan
- BOE - Board of Education
- CAPD - Central Auditory Processing Disorder
- CAPTA - Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
- CBA - Curriculum Based Assessment
- CC - Closed Captioning
- CCSS - Common Core State Standards (now updated)
- CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CEC - Council for Exceptional Children
- CF - Cystic Fibrosis
- CP - Cerebral Palsy
- CST - Child Study Team
- CM - Case Manager
- DB - Deaf-Blind
- DD - Developmental Delay
- DD Act - Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
- DS - Down Syndrome
- DSM - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association
- ECE - Early Childhood Education
- Ed Spec - Educational Specialist
- ED - Emotional Disturbance
- ED - U.S. Department of Education
- EHA - Education of the Handicapped Act (now IDEA)
- EI - Early Intervention
- EIS - Early Intervention Services
- ELL - English Language Learner
- EMH - Educable Mentally Handicapped**
- EMR - Educable Mentally Retarded
- ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
- ESEA - Elementary and Secondary Education Act (now called ESSA)
- ESL - English as a Second Language
- ESSA - Every Student Succeeds Act
- ESY or EYS - Extended School Year or Extended Year Services
- FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education
- FAS - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- FBA - Functional Behavioral Assessment
- FC - Facilitated Communication
- FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- GE - General Education
- GT - Gifted and Talented
- HI - Hearing Impaired
- HO - Hearing Officer
- HoH - Hard of Hearing
- ICR - In-Class Resource
- ID - Intellectual Disabilities**
- IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Int Presch - Integrated Preschool
- IE - Independent Evaluation
- IEP - Individualized Education Program
- IFSP - Individualized Family Service Plan
- IHP - Individualized Health Care Plan
- ITP - Individualized Transition Plan
- LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- LD - Learning Disability
- LDT/C - Learning Disabilities Teacher/Consultant
- LEA - Local Education Agency
- LEP - Limited English Proficiency
- LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
- MD - Muscular Dystrophy
- MD or MH - Multiple Disabilities or Multiply Handicapped
- NMR - Mildly Mentally Retarded
- Mod MR - Moderately Mentally Retarded**
- MR - Mental Retardation**
- NASP - National Association of School Psychologists
- NCLB - No Child Left Behind Act (Elementary and Secondary Education Act, reauthorized in 2015 as ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act)
- NJSLS - New Jersey Student Learning Standards (previously called CCSS)
- NIH - National Institutes of Health
- NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health
- OCD - Obsessive -Compulsive Disorder
- ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- OHI - Other Health Impaired
- OI - Orthopedic Impairment
- O & M - Orientation and Mobility Services
- OSEP - Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education
- OT - Occupational Therapy
- PBS - Positive Behavioral Supports
- PCA - Personal Care Attendant
- PD - Physical Disability
- PDD - Pervasive Development Disorder
- PEI - Spanish acronym for the Individualized Education Program (Plan Educativo Individualizado)
- PLAPF - Present Level of Academic Performance ?
- POR - Pull Out Resource
- PP - Paraprofessional
- PS - Preschool
- PT - Physical Therapy
- RS - Related Services
- RTI - Response to Intervention
- SAS - Supplementary Aids and Services
- SB - Spina Bifida
- SC - Self-Contained
- SE - Special Education
- SEA - State Education Agency
- SEAC - Special Education Advisory Committee
- Section 504 - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- SED - Serious Emotional Disturbance
- SI - Sensory Integration
- SLD - Specific Learning Disability
- SLI - Speech/Language Impairment
- SLP - Speech/Language Pathologist
- Spec Ed Assist - Special Education Assistant
- SSDI - Social Security Disability Income
- SSI - Supplemental Security Income
- TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
- TDD - Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
- TMH - Trainable Mentally Handicapped**
- TMR - Trainable Mentally Retarded**
- TS - Tourette Syndrome
- VI - Visual Impairment
- Voc Ed - Vocational Education
- VR - Vocational Rehabilitation
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Accommodations, Modifications, and Intervention
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- Are changes in HOW a student accesses information and demonstrates learning. They are used in classroom instruction and in assessment. It is important to keep in mind that accommodations do not substantially change the content, instruction level, or expected performance. They level the playing field to provide equal access to students.
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- Are changes in WHAT a student is expected to learn or demonstrate. They do alter the content or lower the standard or expectations. Modifications can allow for meaningful participation and enhanced learning. Instead of leveling the playing field, modifications change the game.
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- Involves supplemental DIRECT INSTRUCTION that addresses specific skills and concepts. Interventions are directly linked to screening, diagnostic, and/or progress monitoring assessment data. Interventions are expected to be research/evidence based, systematic, and explicit. Interventions will vary according to need and student response.
- Resource programs offer individual and small group instruction to students with disabilities. Resource programs may be provided in a general education classroom or in a pullout resource classroom. These programs provide support or replacement instruction.
- Special class programs shall serve students who have similar educational needs in accordance with their individualized education programs. Special programs offer instruction in the core curriculum content standards unless the IEP specifies an alternative curriculum due to the nature and the severity of the student's disability. The general education and curriculum and the instructional strategies may be modified based on the student's IEP. The following are the types of special class programs located within Tabernacle Township Public Schools.