important Acronyms

BIP - Behavior Intervention Plan:  https://www.understood.org/en/articles/behavior-intervention-plans-what-you-need-to-know?_sp=97872748-67c1-472f-97ed-21501c640958.1653506083263

ESSA - Every Student Succeeds Act:  https://www.ed.gov/essa?src%3Drn

FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education

FBA - Functional Behavioral Assessment:  https://www.understood.org/en/articles/functional-assessment-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

IDEA - Individual with Disabilities Education Act:  https://sites.ed.gov/idea/

IDEA Disability Categories - must have at least one to qualify for an IEP

• Autism Spectrum Disorder - ASD
• Deaf-blindness
• Deafness
• Emotional Disturbance - ED
  • bipolar disorder
  • schizophrenia
  • depression
  • anxiety disorder
• Hearing Impairment
• Intellectual Disabilities - ID
  • below-average intellectual ability
  • Down Syndrome
• Multiple Disabilities - More than one disability covered under IDEA
• Orthopedic impairment
  • lack of function in the body
  • cerebral palsy
• Other Health Impairment - OHI
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder - ADHD
• Specific learning disability - SLD 
  • Dyscalculia - learning disability in math
  • Dysgraphia - learning disability in writing
  • Dyslexia - learning disability in reading
• Speech or language impairment
  • stuttering
  • trouble pronouncing words or making sounds with the voice
• Traumatic brain injury - brain injury caused by an accident
• Visual impairment including blindness

IEP - Individual Education Plan

• program of special education instruction
• accommodations and supports
• services

LRE - Least Restrictive Environment

MTSS - Multi-Tiered System of Support:  school-wide system of academic, social, and emotional supports with some kids receiving more assistance based on specific need(s).

PLAAFP - Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance:

• Academics, Social Skills, Speech/Communication, Behavior, Sensory, Executive Functioning Skills, Fine and Gross Motor Skills, Daily Living, etc.
• Strengths and areas needing support
• What helps learning
• What limits or interferes with learning
• Objective Data - student's current evaluations, tests, work samples, data, observations, etc.