GLOSSARY
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Acronyms|
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A
Adaptive
Behavior
-
Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Attention
Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder
-
Admission Review and Dismissal
(ARD)
- Assistive
Technology
- Autism
B
Behavioral
Intervention Plan (BIP)
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C
-
Cerebral
Palsy
-
Child
Find
- Culturally
Disadvantaged
- Content
Mastery
- Confidentiality
- Copyright
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D
DSM-IV
(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition)
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Deaf-blindness
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Deafness
- Developmental
Delay
- Due
Process Hearing
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E
- Economically
Disadvantaged
- Eligibility
- Emotional Disturbance
- English
as a Second Language (ESL)
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F
Free and
Appropriate Education (FAPE)
- Functional
Behavioral Analysis (FBA)
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA)
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G
Gifted
and Talented
-
Global
Ability Index
H
Hearing Impairment
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I
Informal
reading assessment
-
Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Individualized
Education Program (IEP)
- Individualized
Family Services Plan (IFSP)
- Informed
Consent
- Independent
Educational Evaluation (IEE)
J
K
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L
Local
Education Agency (LEA)
- Limited
English Proficiency (LEP)
-
Least
Restrictive Environment (LRE)
- Low-Incidence
Disabilities
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M
Mainstream
- Mainstreaming
-
Manifestation
Determination
-
Mental Retardation
- Multiple Disabilities
- Mediation
- Mediator
N
Noncategorical
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O
-
Occupational
therapist
Orthopedic Impairment
- Other health Impairment
P
Pervasive
developmental disorder
Q
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R
Resource
teacher
- Referrals
- Related
Services
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S
School
psychologist
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State
Educational Agency
- Section
504
- Specific Learning Disability
- Speech or Language
Impairment
- Speech
and language pathologist
- Stay-Put
Provision
- Standardized
testing
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T
-
Texas
Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS)
Transition
Services
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Traumatic Brain Injury
U
V
Visual Impairment including Blindness
Acronyms
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
FAPE Free appropriate public education
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FR Federal Register
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (formerly the Education
for the Handicapped Act)
IEE Independent educational evaluation
IEP Individualized education program
IFSP Individualized family service plan
LEA Local education agency (school district)
LRE Least restrictive (educational) environment
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs (of U.S. Department of
Education)
OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (of U.S.
Department of Education
TAC Texas Administrative Code
TEA Texas Education Agency
TEC Texas Education Code
USC United States Code
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