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Special Services Acronyms

APE--Adapted Physical Education

C&I--Curriculum and Instruction

CWC-- Class within Class or Co-Teaching

DESE--Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

ECSE--Early Childhood Special Education

ESSA--Every Student Succeeds Act

ED--Emotionally Disturbed

FAPE--Free Appropriate Public Education

FERPA--Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

HIPPA--Health Information Privacy Protection Act

ID--Intellectual Disability

IDEA--Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IEP--Individual Education Program

KTEA--Kaufman Test of Educational Acheivement

LEA--Local Education Agency

LI--Language Impairment

LRE--Least Restrictive Environment

MAP--Missouri Assessment Program

MAP-A--Missouri Assessment Program Alternative

NCLB--No Child Left Behind

OHI--Other Health Impaired

OT--Occupational Therapy

POHI--Physically Orthopedic Handicapped Impairment

PT--Physical Therapy

SLD--Specific Learning Disability

SLP--Speech Language Pathologist

SPP--State Performance Plan

SSD--Sound System Disorder

TBI--Traumatic Brain Injury

TEMA--Test Early Math Ability

TERA--Test Early Reading Ability

TEWL--Test Early Writing Ability

RTI--Response to Intervention

VI--Visual Impairment

WIAT--Wechsler Individual Achievement Test

WISC--Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

WJ-III--Woodcock Johnson Test of Achievement, Third Edition

YCDD--Young Child with Development Delay

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