| PEATC's Quick Reference Definitions & Glossary | ||
| Acronym | Term/Glossary | Definition |
| ACB | American Coucil of the Blind | |
| ACDAC | Arlington County Disabilities Advisory Commission | |
| ACPD | Alexandria Commission on People with Disabilities | |
| ACSD | Advisory Committee for Students with Disabilities | |
| ADA | American's Disabilities Act | |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder | |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | |
| AJE | Advocates for Justice and Education | Washington DC, PTI (all attorneys) |
| ARC | No longer fits name | Resources and support for people with Mental Illness/deficits |
| ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder | |
| ASGNVA | Amputee Support Group of Northern Virginia | |
| BIP | Behavior Intervention Plan | |
| BIS | Brain Injury Services | |
| CAPD | Central Auditory Processing Disorder | |
| CEC | Council for Exceptional Children | |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulation | |
| CIL | Center for Independent Living | |
| COPAA | Coalition of Parents and Attorneys | organization of advocates for students with disabilities |
| CPRC | Community Parent Resource Center | local community parent centers for students with disabilities |
| CSPD | Comprehensive system of personnel development | |
| DAC | Disabilities Advisory Council | advisory council to Virginia's Protectiona & Advocacy agency |
| DD | Developmental Disabilities | early category (diagnosis )of possible disability for early intervention services |
| DDR | Developmental Delay Resources | |
| DEC | Division of Early Childhood | |
| DJJ | Department of Juvenile Justice | |
| DRS | Department of Rehabilitative Services | state department of vocational training and services for disabled |
| DSB | Disabilities Services Board | |
| ECAC | ||
| ECNV | Endependence Center of Northern Virginia | |
| ED | Emotional Disability/Disturbance/Disorder | |
| EDGAR | Education Department General Administrative Regulations | 34CFR (Code of Fed. Reg.)part 74,75,76,77,79,80,81,82,85,86,97,98,& 99 for PTIs and CPRCs |
| EDJJ | Education Department of Juvenile Justice | |
| ESY | Extended School Year | |
| FAPE | Free Appropriate Public Education | |
| FBA | Functional Behavior Assessment | |
| FERPA | Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act | |
| FLF | ||
| GMU | Council for Exceptional Children | |
| GWU | George Washington University | |
| HAPCOA | Hispanic American Police Core of America | |
| IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | Federal law that governs special education |
| IEE | Independent Education Evaluation | provisional mandate by federal law |
| IEP | Individual Education Program | |
| LD | Learning Disability/Disorder/Deficit | |
| LDA | Learning Disability Association of America | |
| LEA | Local Education Agency | |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment | |
| MMR | Mild Mentally Retarded | |
| NAEYC | National Association of Education of Young Children | |
| NAIMI | National Association for Individuals with Mental Illness | |
| NALD | National Association for Learning Disabled | |
| NAPAS | National Association for Protection & Advocacy Services | |
| NASSP | National Association of Secondary School Principals | |
| NDSS | National Down Syndrome Society | |
| NECTAC | National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center | |
| NFB | National Federation of the Blind | |
| NICHY | National Institute of Children and Youth | |
| NORD | National Organization of Rare Diseases | |
| NVCC | Northern Virginia Community College | |
| NVEG | Northern Virginian Epilepsy Group | |
| OCR | Office of Civil Rights | |
| ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder | |
| OHI | Other Health Impaired | IDEA eligibility category for medical and neuro disabilities |
| OSEP | Office of Special Education Programs | |
| OSER | Office of Special Education Rehabilitation | |
| OT | Occupational Therapy | therapy for fine motor life skills |
| PACE | Parents for Autistic Childrens Education | |
| PADDA | People with Attentional & Developmental Disabilities Association | |
| PAIMI | Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness | |
| PBS | Positive Behavior Support | |
| PDA | Professional Development in Autism | |
| PDD | Pervasive Developmental Disorder | disability on the Autism spectrum disorder |
| PEATC | Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center | Virginia's PTI |
| PL94-142 | Public Law 94-142 | Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 |
| PLUK | Parents, Let's Unite for Kids | |
| PRC | Parent Resource Center | Local school district parent information resource |
| PT | Physical Therapy | therapy for gross motor life skills |
| PTI | Parent Training & Information(center) | Federally mandated parent training centers for special education-IDEA |
| S&L | Speech and Language | related service offered in spec. ed.therapy for articulation and reading |
| SCPD | State Council for People with Disabilities | |
| SEA | State Education Agency | the state regulated education body |
| SEAC | Special Education Advisory Council | |
| Sec 504 | Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act | Federal law that provides for accommodations for disabled students |
| SIDS | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | |
| STOMP | Special Training of Military Parents | |
| T/TAC | Training Technical Assistance Center | |
| TASH | No longer fits name | Critical legal issues effecting Children & Adults w/ disabilities |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury | |
| USC | United States Code | |
| VAECE | Virginia's Association for Early Childhood Education | |
| VCU | Virginia Commonwealth University | |
| VOPA | Virginia's Office of Protection & Advocacy | |
| VUU | Virginia Union University | |