Special Education Acronyms Parents Need to Know for MET and IEP meetings

A.A.C. Augmentative
& Alternative Comm

ADA    Americans
with Disabilities Act

ADE    Arizona
Department of Education

ADHD   Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity

       Disorder

ALJ    Arizona
Law Judge

APE    Adaptive
Physical Education

A.R.S. Arizona Revised Statutes

ASD    Autism
Spectrum Disorder

ASL    American
Sign Language

AzEIP  Arizona
Early Intervention Program

BIP    Behavior
Intervention Plan

C.F.R. Code of Federal Regulations

DD     Developmental
Disorder

US DOE United States Department of Ed

DP     Due
Process

DSM-V  Diagnostic
& Statistical Manual-5

ED     Emotional
Disability

ESY    Extended
School Year

FAPE   Free
& Appropriate Public Education

FBA    Functional
Behavior Assessment

FERPA  Family
Education Records Privacy Act

GAD    Generalized
Anxiety Disorder

HI     Hearing
Impairment

IAEP   Interim
Alternative Education Program

IAES   Interim
Alternative Education School

ID     Intellectual
Disability

IDEA   Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act

IEE    Independent
Educational Evaluation

IEP    Individualized
Education Program

ISS    In-school
suspension

LEA    Local
Educational Agency

LOS  Level
of Service

LRE  Least
Restrictive Environment (Placement)

MD   Multiple
Disabilities

MDSSI Multiple
Disabilities with Severe Sensory Impairment

MDR  Manifestation
Determination Review

MET  Multidisciplinary
Evaluation Team

MIID Mild
Intellectual Disability

MOID Moderate
Intellectual Disability

ODD  Oppositional
Defiant Disorder

O&M  Orientation & Mobility

OAH  Office
of Administrative Hearing

OCR  Office
of Civil Rights

OHI  Other
Health Impairment

OI   Orthopedic
Impairment

OSEP Office
of Special Education Programs

OSS  Out-of-school
suspension

OT   Occupational
Therapy

PEA  Public
Educational Agency

PT   Physical
Therapy

RED  Review
of Existing Data

RTC  Residential
Treatment Program

SEA  State
Educational Agency

SLD  Specific
Learning Disability

SLI  Speech
& Language Impairment

SLP  Speech
Language Pathologist

SLT  Speech
Language Therapist

SPED Special
Education

TBI  Traumatic
Brain Injury

U.S.C. United States Code

VI   Visual
Impairment

VR   Vocational
Rehabilitation (Voc Rehab)