| ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act |
LS: Life Skills Program |
| ADA: Average Daily Attendance |
LRE: Least Restrictive Environment |
| ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder |
MHA: Mental Health Assistant |
| ADHD: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity |
ODD: Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| APE: Adaptive Physical Education |
OJT: On-the-Job Training |
| ARD: Admission, Review, and Dismissal |
PEIMS: Public Education Information Management System |
| AT: Assistive/Adaptive Technology |
PDD: Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
| BAC: Behavior Academic Curriculum |
PPCD: Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities |
| BIP: Behavior Intervention Plan |
RDSPD: Regional Day School Program for the Deaf |
| CA: Chronological Age |
REED: Review of Existing Evaluation Data |
| CBA: Campus Based Assessment |
RtI: Response to Intervention |
| CIA: Comprehensive Individual Assessment |
SAD: State Administrative Decision |
| CIC: Clean Intermittent Catheterization |
SBOE: State Board of Education |
| CP: Cerebral Palsy |
SEA: State Educational Agency/Authority |
| CPI: Crisis Prevention Intervention |
SEMS: State Education Management System |
| CVAE: Cooperative Vocational Academic Education |
SERS: Special Education Resource System |
| DARS: Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services |
SHARS: School Health and Related Services |
| DPH: Due Process Hearing |
SSA: Social Security Administration |
| ECI: Early Childhood Intervention |
SSI: Supplemental Security Income |
| ESC: Education Service Center |
STAAR: State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness |
| ESL: English as a Second Language |
STAAR Alternative |
| ESY: Extended School Year |
TAC: Texas Administrative Code |
| FAPE: Freeand Appropriate Public Education |
TCB: Texas Commission for the Blind |
| FVE: Functional Vision Evaluation |
TDD: Telecommunication Device for the Deaf |
| HCFA: Health Care Financing Administration |
TDHS: Texas Department of Human Services |
| HCPA: HandicappedChildren'sProtectionAct |
TDMHMR: Texas Department of State Health Services |
| HHS: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
TEA: Texas Education Agency |
| HLS: Home Language Survey |
TEACCH: Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children |
| IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
TEC: Texas Education Code |
| IEE: Independent Educational Evaluation |
TJJD: Texas Juvenile Justice Department |
| IEP: Individualized Education Program |
TLC: Total Learning Curriculum |
| IFSP: Individual(ized) Family Services Plan |
TWC: Texas Workforce Commission |
| IQ: Intelligence Quotient |
VAC: Vocational Adjustment Coordinator |
| ITP: Individual Transition Plan |
VEH: Vocational Education for the Handicapped |
| LEA: Local Education Agency |
504: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
| LEP: Limited English Proficient |
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| LPAC: Language Proficiency Assessment Committee |
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