| Acronym |
What does it stand for? |
| AAC |
Augmented/Alternative Communication |
| ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD |
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| APE |
Adapted Physical Education |
| AT |
Assistive Technology |
| AU |
Autism |
| BIP |
Behavior Intervention Plan |
| CC |
Cross Categorical |
| CDSA |
Children’s Developmental Services Agency |
| COSF |
Child Outcome Summary Form |
| CTE |
Career and Technical Education |
| DB |
Deafness-Blindness |
| DD |
Developmental Delayed or Developmental Disability |
| DF |
Deaf |
| DHH |
Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
| DNQ |
Did Not Qualify |
| ECAC |
Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center |
| ELL |
English Language Learner |
| ESY |
Extended School Year |
| FAPE |
Free Appropriate Public Education |
| FBA |
Functional Behavior Assessment |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| FRCOS |
Future Ready Course of Study |
| HI |
Hearing Impairment |
| ID |
Intellectual Disability (Mild, Moderate, Severe) |
| IDEA |
Individual with Disabilities Education Act |
| IEP |
Individualized Education Program |
| IFSP |
Individualized Family Service Plan |
| ISS |
In School Suspension |
| LEA |
Local Education Agency |
| LEP |
Limited English Proficiency |
| LRE |
Least Restrictive Environment |
| MU |
Multiple Disabilities |
| NCESCOS |
North Carolina Extensions to the Standard Course of Study |
| O&M |
Orientation and Mobility |
| OCR |
Office of Civil Rights |
| OCS |
Occupational Course of Study |
| OEL |
Office of Early Learning |
| OHI |
Other Health Impairment |
| OI |
Orthopedic Impairment |
| OSERS |
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services |
| OSS |
Out of School Suspension |
| OT |
Occupational Therapy |
| PE |
Physical Education |
| PreK |
Preschool |
| PRT |
Preschool Referral Team |
| PT |
Physical Therapy |
| SI |
Speech or Language Impaired |
| SCOS |
Standard Course of Study |
| SED |
Serious Emotional Disability |
| SEFEL |
Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning |
| SLD |
Specific Learning Disabilities (sometimes listed as LD) |
| TBI |
Traumatic Brain Injured |
| TDD/TTY |
Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf |
| VI |
Visually Impaired, to include Blindness |
| VR |
Vocational Rehabilitation |
