Child Find-I suspect a child has a disability
COMMONLY USED IN NORTHSIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
AEP - Alternative Educational Program
AI - Auditory Impairment
ALE - Applied Learning Environment
AMC - Academic Mastery Center
APE - Adapted Physical Education
ARD - Admissions, Review, and Dismissal (Committee)
ATP - Assistive Technology Program
AU - Autism
BASE - Behavior Assistance through Support and Education
BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan
BMC - Behavior Mastery Center/Classroom
CBI - Community Based Instruction
CHILD - Consultative Help for Individual Learning Decisions Process
CMC - Content Mastery Center
CP - Cerebral Palsy
DARS - Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (formerly TRC)
DB - Deaf Blind
DSM -IV Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition)
ECC - Early Childhood Collaboration
ECI - Early Childhood Intervention
ED - Emotional Disturbance
EPS - Employment Placement Specialist
ESY - Extended School Year
FAPE - Free and Appropriate Public Education
FBA - Functional Behavior Assessment
FERPA - Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
FIE Full and Individual Evaluation
IA Instructional Assistant
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEE Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP Individualized Education Program
LAB Learning Lab (see CMC)
LC Local Curriculum
LD Learning Disability
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MD - Multiple Disabilities
MR - Mental Retardation
NCC - Northside Children's Center
NICHY - National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NISD - Northside Independent School District
NVTP - Northside Vocational Transition Program
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OH - Other Health Impairment (also OHI)
OI - Orthopedic Impairment
O & M - Orientation and Mobility
OJT - On The Job Training
OT - Occupational Therapy
PAC - Parent Advisory Committee
PDD - Pervasive Developmental Disorder (Autism Spectrum)
PPCD - Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities
PT - Physical Therapy
REACH - Resource for Parents of Children with Autism
RDSPD - Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
RTI - Response to Intervention
SI - Speech Impairment
SLP - Speech-Language Pathologist
TAKS - Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills
TAKS-ACC - Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills - Accommodated
TAKS -ALT - Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills - Alternate
TAKS -M - Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills - Modified
TASP - Texas Academic Skills Program
TEA - Texas Education Agency
TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TLC - The Learning Center
VI - Visual Impairment
This list is not totally comprehensive.