Print this out and use as a guide when reading through the special ed records (the REDs, METs and IEPs) and at RED, MET and IEP meetings:
ADAAA Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act
ALJ Administrative Law Judge
BIP Behavior Intervention Plan
ED Emotional Disturbance
ESY Extended School Year
FAPE Free and Appropriate Public Education
FBA Functional Behavioral Assessment
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
IAEP or IAES Interim Alternative Educational Placement/Setting
IEE Independent Educational Evaluation
IEP Individualized Education Program
IFSP individualized Family Service Plan
ISS in-School Suspension
LEA Local Educational Agency
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MDR Manifestation Determination Review
MET Multidisciplinary Education Team
OAH Office of Administrative Hearings
OCR Office of Civil Rights
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OHI Other Health Impaired
RED Review of Existing Data
SEA State Educational Agency
SLD Specific Learning Disability
SLI Speech and Language Impaired
SPED Special Education
