Frequently Used Acronyms

AM = Autism

APE = Adapted Physical Education

BD = Behavior Disorder

CA = Chronological Age

CP = Cerebral Palsy

DB = Deaf/Blind

ECSE = Early Childhood Special Education

FAPE = Free Appropriate Public Education

GI = Gifted Intellectually

HI = Hearing Impaired

IDEA = Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, EHA Amendments, 1990

IEP = Individualized Education Program

IFSP = Individualized Family Service Program

IQ = Intelligence Quotient

IR = Interrelated

KAR = Kansas Administration Regulations

KSDE = Kansas State Department of Education

LD = Learning Disability

LEA = Local Education Agency

LRE = Least Restrictive Environment

MR = Mentally Retarded

NC = Non-Categorical

OT = Occupational Therapist/Therapy

PI = Physically Impaired

PL = Public Law

PT = Physical Therapy/Therapist

SL = Speech/Language

SLD = Specific Learning Disability

SM = Severely Multiple Handicapped

SPED = Special Education

SRS = Social Rehabilitation Services

SSI = Supplemental Security Income

TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury

VI = Visually Impaired

VR = Vocational Rehabilitation