A
A+: After-School Plus Program
ABI: Acquired Brain Injury
ABR: Access Barrier Removal
ACT: Autism Consulting Teacher
ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA: Average Daily Absence
ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADR: Alternative Dispute Resolution
AG: Attorney General
AI: Artificial Intelligence
ALC: Alternative Learning Center
APD: Auditory Processing Disorder
APR: Annual Performance Report (required by OSEP)
ARS: Academic Review Status
ART: Academic Review Team
AS: Assistant Superintendent
ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASES: Assessing Special Education Students
ASL: American Sign Language
ASR: Accountability Systems and Reporting
AT: Assistive Technology
AV: Audio-Visual
AYP: Adequate Yearly Progress
B
BASC: Behavior Assessment System for Children
BASE: Bachelor of Arts in Special Education
BIP: Behavior Intervention Plan
BMT: Benchmark Tracker
BOE: Board of Education (Hawaiʻi State)
BSI: Behavioral Symptom Index
BSP: Behavioral Support Plan
C
CA: Communication Aide
CAFAS: Child & Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale
CAMHD: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (State Department of Health)
CAPS: Complex Area Personnel Specialist
CAS: Complex Area Superintendent
CCC: Community Children’s Council
CCCO: Community Children’s Council Office
CDS: Center on Disability Studies (University of Hawaiʻi)
CEIS: Coordinated Early Intervening Services
CESSA: Comprehensive Evaluation System for School Administrators
CF: Child Find
CP: Cerebral Palsy
CPSS: Continuum of Proactive Student Supports
CRCO: Civil Rights Compliance Office
CSAO: Charter School Administrative Office
CSGTF: Charter School Governance, Accountability, and Authority Task Force – https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2011/studies/CSGTF_REPORT.pdf
CSLC: Charter Schools Leadership Council
CSP: Charter School Program
CSP: Coordinated Service Plan
CSRP: Charter School Review Panel
CSSSS: Comprehensive Student Support Services Section (OCISS)
CSSS: Comprehensive Student Support System
D
D-B: Deaf-Blindness
DBL: Deaf-Blind
DCAB: Disability and Communication Access Board
DD: Developmental Delay DES: District Educational Specialist
DF: Deaf
DHS: Department of Human Services (Hawaiʻi State)
DLT: Distance Learning Technology
HIDOE: Department of Education (Hawaiʻi State)
DOH: Department of Health (Hawaiʻi State)
DRT: District Resource Teacher
E
E-School: Electronic School
EA: Educational Assistant
EBA: Emotional Behavioral Assessment
ECE: Early Childhood Education
ECETF: Early Childhood Education Task Force
ECLI: Early Childhood Learning Impairment (currently Developmental Delay)
ECSE: Early Childhood Special Education
eCSSS: Electronic Comprehensive Student Support System
ED: Emotional Disability
EDF: Electronic Data File
EIS: Early Intervention Section (State Department of Health)
ES: Educational Specialist
ESEA: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
eSIS: Electronic Student Information System
ESY: Extended School Year
EVAL: Evaluation
F
FA: Formative Assessment
FAPE: Free Appropriate Public Education
FAY: Full Academic Year
FBA: Functional Behavioral Assessment
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FGC: Family Guidance Center
FSS: Family Support Services
GE: Geographic Exception
GLO: General Learner Outcomes
GPA: Grade Point Average
H
HAR: Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules
HCRC: Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission
HELDS: Hawaiʻi Early Learning and Development Standards
HFAA: Hawaiʻi Families as Allies
HH: Hard of Hearing
HHI: Home/Hospital Instruction
HI: Hearing Impairment
HIDOE: Hawaiʻi State Department of Education
HIDA: Hawaiʻi Dyslexia Association
HQT: Highly Qualified Teacher
HRS: Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes
HSA: Hawaiʻi State Assessment
HSHA: Hawaiʻi Speech-Language Hearing Association
HSTA: Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association
HTSB: Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board
HVLN: Hawaiʻi Virtual Learning Network
I
IAES: Interim Alternative Educational Setting
ID: Intellectual Disability
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEIA 2004: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
IEE: Independent Education Evaluation
IEP: Individualized Education Program
ISS: In-School Suspension
ITP: Individualized Transition Program
J
K
L
LDAH: Learning Disabilities Association of Hawaiʻi
LEA: Local Education Agency (federal)
LI: Learning Impaired (preschool)
LRE: Least Restrictive Environment
M
MD: Multiple Disability
MF: Medically Fragile
MH: Mental Health
MR: Mental Retardation
MS: Multiple Sclerosis
MSL: Multi-sensory Structured Learning
N
O
OCR: Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education)
OD: Orthopedic Disability
ODD: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
ODS: Office of the Deputy Superintendent
OHD: Other Health Disability
OHI: Other Health Impaired
OI: Orthopedic Impairment
OS: Occupational Skills
OS: Office of the Superintendent
OSEP: Office of Special Education Programs (U.S. Department of Education)
OSERS: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT: Occupational Therapy or Occupational Therapist
P
PAC: Project Advisory Committee or Parent Advisory Council
PACER: Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
PBIS: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
PBS: Positive Behavioral Support
PCNC: Parent-Community Networking Center
PCS: Public Charter School
PE: Physical Examination
PHN: Public Health Nurse
PI: Parent Involvement
PII: Personally Identifiable Information
PIM: Parent Involvement Model
PLD: Performance Level Descriptor
PLEP: Present Levels of Educational Performance
P&P: Policies and Procedures
PPI: Primary Prevention/Intervention
PPT: Paraprofessional Tutors
PREK: Pre-Kindergarten
PS: Partially Sighted
PSN: Procedural Safeguards Notice
PSP: Professional Services Provider
PSSAS: Programs and Services for Secondary Alienated/At-Risk Students
PT: Physical Therapist
PTI: Parent Training & Information Center
PTP: Personal Transition Plan
PWN: Prior Written Notice
Q
QoS: Quality of Service
QSS: Quality Student Support
R
RFA: Request for Assistance
RFP: Request for Proposal
RN: Registered Nurse
ROM: Range of Motion
RT: Resource Teacher
RT: Regular Classroom Teacher
RTI: Response to Intervention
S
SAC: Student Activities Coordinator
SAIP: Special Alternative Instructional Programs
SBBH: School-Based Behavioral Health
SBCOTA: School-Based Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
SBS: School-Based Services
SCC: School Community Council
SDO: School Documents Online
SEA: State Education Agency
SEAC: Special Education Advisory Council
SEBD: Severe Emotional Behavioral Disturbance
SEC: School Evaluation Committee
SEL: Social-Emotional Learning
SERT: Special Education Resource Teacher
SES: Special Education Section
SES: Supplemental Educational Services
SEVR: Special Education Vocational Rehabilitation
SFT: Student Focused Team
SHA: School Health Aide
SI: Sensory Integration
SLD: Specific Learning Disability
SLI: Speech/Language Impaired
SLP: Speech Language Pathologist
Sol: Speech or Language Disability
SOP: Standards of Practice
SP: Standard Practices
SPED: Special Education
SPIN: Special Parent Information Network
SPMS: Special Programs Management Section (OCISS)
SSB: Student Support Branch
SSC: Student Services Coordinator
SSP: Student Success Plan
SSP: Support Services Personnel
SST: Student Support Team
SSW: School Social Worker
STSB: Student Transportation Services Branch
STSSB: School Technology Services and Support Branch
SY: School Year
T
TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury
TC: Technical Coordinator
TOR: Teacher of Record
TVI: Teacher of Visually Impaired
U
V
VDB: Visual Disability including Blindness
VI: Visual Impairment
VP: Vice Principal
W
WCP: Written Complaint Procedure