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Acronyms
| AB | Assembly Bill |
| APE | Adaptive Physical Education |
| APT | Assessment Planning Team |
| BD | Behavioral Disorder |
| CAC | Community Advisory Committee |
| CH | Communicatively Handicapped |
| CMH | Community Mental Health |
| DB | Deaf/Blind |
| DCH | Development Center for Handicapped |
| DD | Developmental Disabilities |
| DDS | Department of Developmental Services |
| DIS | Designated Instruction & Services |
| EAS | Education Assessment Service |
| EMR | Educable Mentally Retarded |
| HOH | Hard of Hearing |
| IEP | Individual Education Plan |
| ILS | Independent Living Skills |
| IPP | Individual Program Plan |
| ITP | Individual Transition Plan |
| LD | Learning Disabled |
| LEA | Local Education Agency |
| LH | Learning Handicapped |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment |
| MH | Multihandicapped |
| MR | Mental Retardation |
| MIS | Management Information System |
| NLD | Nonverbal Learning Disability |
| NVLD | Non Verbal Learning Disability |
| OH | Orthopedically Handicapped |
| OSERS | Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services |
| OT | Occupational Therapist |
| PH | Physically Handicapped |
| PL | Public Law |
| PT | Physical Therapist |
| RC | Regional Center |
| RS | Resource Specialist |
| RSP | Resource Specialist Program |
| SAT | School Appraisal Team |
| SB | Senate Bill |
| SDC | Special Day Class |
| SEAC | Special Education Advisory Council |
| SED | Seriously Emotionally Disturbed |
| SELPA | Special Education Local Plan Area |
| SLD | Specific Learning Disability |
| SIP | School Improvement Plan |
| SH | Severely Handicapped |
| SSI | Supplemental Security Income |
| SST | Student Study Team |
| VH | Visually Handicapped |