•  A
    ABA - Applied Behavior Analysis
    ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
    ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
    ADHD - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
    AEP - Alternative Education Program
    AI - Auditory Impairment
    APE - Adapted Physical Education 
    ARD - Admission, Review and Dismissal
    AT - Assisstive Technology
    AU - Autism
    AYP - Adequate Yearly Progress

    B
    BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan

    C
    CBI - Community Based Instruction
    CBVI - Community Based Vocational Instruction
    CM - Content Mastery
    COS - Child Outcome Summary
    CP - Cerebral Palsy

    D
    DADS - Department of Aging and Disability Services
    DAEP - Disciplinary Alternative Education Program
    DB - Deaf Blind
    DD - Developmental Delayed
    DNQ - Does Not Qualify
    DMS - Diagnositic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

    E
    ECI - Early Childhood Intervention
    ECO - Early Childhood Outcome
    ED - Emotional Disturbance
    EHS - Early Head Start
    EOC - End of Course (exam)
    ERA - Early Reading Assessment
    ESL or ELL - English as a Second Language or English Language Learner
    ESSA - Every Student Succeeds Act
    ESY - Extended Year Services

    F
    FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education
    FBA - Functional Behavior Assessment
    FERPA - Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
    FIE - Full Individual Evaluation

    H
    HHSC - Health and Human Service Commission
    HLS - Home Language Survey
    HQ - Highly Qualified

    I
    ID - Intellectual Disability
    IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
    IEE - Individualized Educational Evaluation
    IEP - Individualized Education Plan
    IQ - Intelligence Quotient

    L
    LD - Learning Disability
    LPAC - Language Proficiency Assessment Committee
    LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
    LSSP - Licensed Specialist in School Psychology

    M
    MD - Multiple Disabilities

    N
    NCEC - Non-Categorical Early Childhood Disability
    NCLB - No Child Left Behind
    NICHY - National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

    O
    O&M - Orientation and Mobility
    OCR - Office of Civil Rights
    OHI - Other Health Impairment
    OI - Orthopedic Impairment
    OJT - On the Job Training
    OT - Occupational Therapy

    P
    PBMAS - Performance Based Monitoring Analysis System
    PDD - Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Autism Spectrum)
    PEIMS - Public Education Informational System
    PLAAFP - Present Level of Academic, Achievement, and Functional Performance
    PPCD - Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities
    PS - Procedural Safeguards
    PT - Physical Therapy

    R
    RDSPD - Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
    REED - Review of Existing Evaluation Data
    RtI - Response to Intervention

    S
    SE - Supported Employment
    SHARS - School Health and Related Services
    SI - Speech Impairment
    SLD - Specific Learning Disability
    SLP - Speech Language Pathologist
    SSI - Student Success Initiative
    STAAR - State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness
    STAAR-Alt - State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness - Alternate

    T
    TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury
    TBSI - Texas Behavior Support Initiative
    TCB - Texas Commistion for the Blind
    TEA - Texas Education Agency 
    TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
    TELPAS - Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System
    TSBVI - Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
    TSD - Texas School for the DeafTWC - Texas Workforce Commission

    V
    VAC - Vocational Adjustment Class
    VI - Visual Impairment