The world of education, and especially special education and school psychology, is full of acronyms. Busy educators love to shorten things into more succinct, easy to spit out letter-jumbles, but to those outside the profession, the alphabet soup is meaningless. I try my best to always spell out what an acronym stands for before I start tossing the letters around, but here is a list of commonly used acronyms just in case:
ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
BIP - Behavioral Intervention Plan
CICO - Check-in, Check-out (a PBIS intervention)
CSE - Committee on Special Education
CPSE - Committee on Preschool Education
ED - Emotional Disturbance
FBA - Functional Behavioral Assessment
ICT - Integrated Co-Teaching (an IEP program)
ID - Intellectual Disability
IEP - Individualized Education Plan
LD - Learning Disability
OHI - Other Health Impairment
OT - Occupational Therapy
PBIS - Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports
PT - Physical Therapy
RTI - Response to Intervention
SC - Self Contained or Special Class (an IEP program)
The world of education, and especially special education and school psychology, is full of acronyms. Busy educators love to shorten things into more succinct, easy to spit out letter-jumbles, but to those outside the profession, the alphabet soup is meaningless. I try my best to always spell out what an acronym stands for before I start tossing the letters around, but here is a list of commonly used acronyms just in case: 