Cornwall Central School District

Throughout the course of your child's academic career you may come across an array of acronyms or terms. The following is list of terms used in Special Education.

• AAIDD- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• ABA- Applied Behavioral Analysis
• ADA-Americans with Disabilities Act
• ADD-Attention Deficit Disorder
• ADL- Activities of Daily Living
• ADHD-  Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
• AE- Age Equivalent
• AHRC -Association for the Help of Retarded Children
• AIT- Auditory Integration Training
• AT- Assistive Technology
• BOCES- Board of Cooperative Educational Services
• BOE- Board of Education
• CMHC- Community Mental Health Center
• CP- Cerebral Palsy
• CPSE- Committee on Preschool Special Education
• CR-Community Residence
• CSE- Committee on Special Education
• CSEA- Civil Service Employee Association
• CST- Child Study Team
• CT- Consultant Teacher
• DD- Developmental Disability
• DDP- Developmental Disability Profile
• DFY- Division for Youth
• DOH- Department of Health
• DSS- Department of Social Services
• ED- Emotionally Disabled
• FAS- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• FTE- Full Time Equivalent
• FY-Fiscal Year
• ICF- Intermediate Care Facility
• ID- Intellectual Disability
• IEE- Independent Educational Evaluation
• IEP- Individual Education Plan
• IESP- Individual Education Service Plan
• IH- Impartial Hearing
• IHO- Impartial Hearing Officer
• ILC- Independent Living Center
• IST- Instructional Support Team
• IQ- Intelligence Quotient
• LCSW- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• LD- Learning Disabled
• MD- Multiply Disabled
• MHL- Mental Hygiene Law
• MR-Mental Retardation
• NI- Neurological Impairment
• NYALD- New York Association of Learning Disabilities
• NYCRR- New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
• NYSARC- New York State Association of Retarded Children
• NYSED- New York State Education Department
• OAD- Office of Advocate for the Disabled
• ODD- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• OHI- Other Health Impaired
• OI- Orthopedically Impaired
• OMH- Office of Mental Health
• OMRDD- Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
• OSES- Office of Special Education Services
• OT- Occupational Therapy
• PDD- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• PIAT-R- Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Revised
• PPVT-R- Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Revised
• PT- Physical Therapy
• PWS- Prader-Willie Syndrome
• PLS-3- Preschool Language School – 3
• ROM- Range of Motion
• RR- Resource Room
• RTF- Residential Treatment Facility
• SI- Sensory Integration
• SSI- Social Security Income
• SI- Speech Impaired
• SRO- State Review Officer
• SS- Standard Score
• TEACCH- Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Children
• TDD- Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
• TLC- Test of Language Competency
• TOLD-2- Test of Language Development – 2
• VI- Visual Impairment
• VMI- Visual Motor Integration
• WAIS-R- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Revised
• WIAT- Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
• WPPSI-R- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Revised
• WRAT-3- Wide Range Achievement Test – 3rd Edition
• WISC-III- Wechsler Intelligence Scale – 3rd Edition
• WJ-R- Woodcock-Psycho-Educational Battery - Revised
• New York State Education Department