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Exceptional Student Education ~
Glossary of Terms
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AC Augmentative Communication
Accommodations Changing HOW a student is instructed or assessed
ADA -- American Disabilities Act
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
AIP Academic Improvement Plan
ALC Alternative Learning Center
Alternate Assessment -- based on
alternate academic achievement standards.
Students with the most significant cognitive
disabilities that may prevent them from
attaining grade-level achievement standards,
even with the best instruction possible.
Annual Review Yearly meeting with parent, teachers, and other interested parties to review the
students progress and develop new goals and objectives for the Individual Education Plan.
Referred to as an IEP Conference.
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APD Agency for Persons with Disabilities
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
AT Assistive Technology
AYP -- Adequate Yearly Progress
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BDIS Behavior Disorder Rating Scale
BIP Behavior Intervention Plan
BPIE -- Best Practices in Inclusive Education
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| CAP Comprehensive Assessment Program
CD Communications Disorders
CFS -- Children and Family Services
Child Study Team Two or more professionals assigned
CMS Childrens Medical Services
Code of Conduct A guideline developed by The School District of Lee County to insure consistent
disciplinary procedures within the district
Competitive Employment Regular paying jobs paying at least minimum wage, in real work setting,
full or part-time
Consultation A voluntary process in which one professional assists another to address a
problem concerning a third party.
Continuum A sequential list of skills taught in each subject area.
Handbooks can be obtained from the school.
Continuum of Services -- The array
of service deliveries available to students
with disabilities (i.e.: general class,
consultation, support facilitation,
co-teaching, resource, separate class.)
Co-teaching A model in which partners share responsibility for planning the program,
teaching the lessons, monitoring the progress of students, and making decisions about modifying the program.
Course Code (Directory) Used to enter student data into the FIRN system. Information regarding
exceptionality, class schedule, and time served in ESE program(s) is entered by numerical code.
CPT -- Collaborative Planning and
Teaching CT -- Collaborative Teaching
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D/B Deaf / Blind
DB Decibels
DD Developmentally Delayed
Delivery Options A placement option chosen to meet student needs (e.g. general education class, co-teaching, full-time)
DH SW Florida Juvenile Detention Home
DOB Date of birth
DI -- Differentiated
Instruction: The provision of classroom
instruction that offers different routes to
content, activities and products in response
to differing learner needs.
Disability -- An individual
difference that may require adaptations to
the environment.
DSI Dual Sensory Impaired
District Strategic Plan -- A
detailed blueprint describing long and
short-term district goals, strategies,
resources required, means of evaluation,
timelines and persons responsible.
DOB -- Date of Birth DOE
-- Department of Education DS --
Developmental Services DWD --
Dealing with Differences
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EC -- Employment Competencies
EBD -Emotional Behavioral Disorder
EH -- Emotionally Handicapped
EHA Education for all Handicapped Act, PL 94-142. Guarantees a free, appropriate education
in the Least Restrictive Environment for all handicapped, school age children.
ELL -- English Language Learner
EP Education Plan
ESE Exceptional Student Education
ESE Department Head Designee from each school whose duties include attending monthly meetings
and disseminating information for ESE teachers at his /her school.
ESOL -- English for Speakers of
Other Languages
ESY Extended School Year
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Facilitated Support - Partners collaborate and share ideas and strategies.
"FAB 5" -- phonemic awareness,
phonics, fluency, vocabulary, reading
comprehension
FAPE Free and Appropriate Publication Education
FBA -- Functional Behavior Analysis
FCAT -- Florida Comprehensive
Assessment Test
FDLRS Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System
FEFP Florida Education Finance Program
FERPA -- Family Education and
Privacy Act
FIN Florida Inclusion Network
FIRN Florida Information Resources Network communication link between all school districts,
and between districts and the state.
FS -- Functional Skills
FSPT -- Family Services Planning
Team
FTE Full Time Equivalency student survey taken each October, February, June and July to
determine funding for programs
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GAT Gifted Assessment Team GF - Gifted
Goals Behavioral statements projecting a long-term outcome
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HI Hearing Impaired
H/H -- Hospital/Homebound
HZ -- Hertz
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- Intensive Academics ID --
Intellectually Disabled
*exceptionalities
formerly labeled Educable Mentally
Handicapped (EMH), Trainable
Mentally
Handicapped (TMH), Profoundly Mentally
Handicapped (PMH)
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
1997: (Reauthorization of 1990, Public
Law 101-476, Reenactment of 1975 P.L.
94-142, EHA.) Recently reauthorized to be
the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA),
P.L. 109-446.
IEE Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP Individualized Education Plan
IFSP Individualized Family Service Plan
II - Intensive Intervention
IL - Intensive Language
Inclusion A philosophy that adheres to educating children with disabilities with children who
are not disabled. It provides a means of maximizing opportunities for participation of all individuals
in the least restrictive environment. It presupposes the provision of services and supports necessary for
all individuals to participate fully in the school community.
InD -- Intellectually Disabled
IR -- Intensive Reading ITP
-- Individual Transition Plan
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Job Coach A person who provides training, intensive support and follow-along for a person with
a disability. A job coach or job trainer provides training, advocacy and support services at a gradually
decreasing level as long as the person remains employed.
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LAMP Lee Adolescent Mothers Program LCCE -- Life
Centered Career Education
LEA Local Education Agency
LEP Limited English Proficiency
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Students with disabilities must be educated with their
non-disabled peers in general education classrooms to the maximum extent possible and in close proximity
to the home. Students should have the same equal opportunity to learn and progress academically, socially,
and emotionally as they would have if not disabled, these opportunities must be spelled out in the
students IEP and not left to the assumption or convenience. The LRE is an important factor in
determining the appropriateness of placement and service delivery options.
LoTTIE -- Low Tech Tools for
Inclusive Education
LS Life Skills
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MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team composed of a childs general education teacher, designee of ESE
director and school psychologist. Others may be a part of the team as appropriate.
Matrix -- Funding Document for
Exceptional Student Education Services
McHip -- Multi-County Hearing
Impaired Program
MDT -- Multi-Disciplinary Team
Modification A change necessary to promote success. Changing
WHAT a student learns.
Multi-Disciplinary Team Report written account of eligibility staffing for potential ESE student
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NCLB -- No Child Left Behind
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Objective Skills that must be acquired to accomplish a goal
OHI Other Health Impaired
OI Orthopedically Impaired
OT Occupational Therapy
OJT On the Job Training
OPPAGA -- Office of Program Policy
Analysis and Government Accountability
OSEP -- Office of Special
Education Programs
OSERS -- Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitation Services
Outcome-based Education (OBE) A model in which schools are held accountable for demonstrating
that students are achieving in the least restrictive environment
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PASS Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students
PBS Positive Behavioral Support
PI Physically Impaired
Pre-K Pre Kindergarten
PA -- Pre-K Social Communication
HS -- Pre-K Head Start
PC -- Pre-K Collaborative Teaching
PS -- Pre-K Speech
PV -- Pre-K Varying Exceptionalities
PLEP Present Level of Educational Performance A narrative statement of the students strengths
and weaknesses within an area of learning.
Procedural Safeguards Document given to parents by educators whose goal is to help them
understands the legal and procedural safeguards pertaining to IDEA. They include 1) Least Restrictive
Environment 2) Protection in evaluation 3) due process; and 4) confidentiality.
Program Specialist -- District
liaison for specific program service.
(i.e.: Behavior, Inclusion, Transition,
etc.)
PT Physical Therapy
Pupil Progression Plan booklet developed by Lee County School System, which address is
evaluation of each pupils achievement in relation to District Performance Standards for each grade
level. A copy can be found at each school.
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QDI -- Quality Design for Inclusion: A Step-by-Step Approach to Inclusive
Education
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RtI -- Response to Intervention
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SB Supported Behavior SAI -- Supplemental Academic
Instruction
SC -- Social Communication
SD Standard Deviation
SDC -- Service Delivery Code: The
code used to assign students with
disabilities to schools through the district
Student Assignment office.
SDM -- Service Delivery Model: The
identified service from the Continuum of
Services provided to the student, based on
IEP goals and objectives with consideration
for opportunities for inclusion in general
education settings.
Section 504: A section of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
SEM Standard Error of Measurement
SEP Supported Employment Program
SEDNET Multi Agency Service Network for Students with Emotional
Disabilities
SF -- Support Facilitation:
A service delivery model from the continuum
of services in which both direct and
indirect support is provided to students
with disabilities and their general
education teachers.
SIP -- Social Inclusion Project
SLD Specific Learning Disability
SPCH Speech
SP & P -- Special Programs and
Procedures
SRUSS -- School Readiness Uniform
Screening System
SS Standard Score
SST -- Student Study Team
SSW School Social Worker
Staffing Meeting held for placement, dismissal, program reassignment, readmission. Final
eligibly and placement decision regarding any exceptional education program are determined at this
meeting.
Staffing Report -- A written
account of determination of eligibility for
service in Exceptional Student Education
Programs.
Staffing Specialist -- The
district liaison assigned to handle ESE
staffing and compliance responsibilities.
Strategies Various teaching methods and techniques used to meet the objectives of the IEP.
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TBI Traumatic Brain Injury TABE -- Test of Adult
Basic Education
TIEP Transition Individualized Education Program
Transition Any movement from one phase of life to the next. The transition process for an
individual begins during the time a student enters a secondary program at approximately age 14, includes
the point of exit or graduation and extends to several years of follow-up to determine appropriate
placement in the community has taken place. The intended outcome is that students become more independent
and productive members of the community.
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VI Visually Impaired
VR - Vocational Rehabilitation
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