Acronyms in Student Services
AAC | Alternative Augmentative Communication |
ABA | Applied Behavior Analysis |
ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (hyperactive, inattentive or combined) |
ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
ALP | Alternate Learning Progressions/NH Alternate Assessment |
ASL | American Sign Language |
DD | Developmental Disabilities/ Delay (in NH birth through 9) |
ED | Emotional Disturbance |
EI | Early Intervention |
ELL | English Language Learner |
ESY | Extended School Year |
FAPE | Free and Appropriate Public Education |
FBA | Functional Behavior Analysis/Assessment |
FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
IEP | Individual Education Program |
ISP | Individual Service Plan |
ID | Intellectual Disability (formerly MR – Mental Retardation) |
LEA | Local Education Agency |
LRE | Least Restrictive Environment |
NHSEIS | New Hampshire Special Education Information System |
NOS | Not Otherwise Specified |
NVLD/NLD | Nonverbal Learning Disability |
ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
OHI | Other Health Impairment |
OT | Occupational Therapy |
PDD | Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
PT | Physical Therapy |
RTI | Response to Intervention |
SBAC | Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium |
SLD | Specific Learning Disability |
SLP | Speech Language Pathologist |
TBI/ABI | Traumatic Brain Injury/ Acquired Brain Injury |
WAIS | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
WPPSI | Wechsler Pre-School and Primary Scale of Intelligence |
WIAT | Wechsler Individual Achievement Test |
WISC | Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
WPN | Written Prior Notice |