Special Education Abbreviation Terms M - Z
MA: |
Medical Assistance |
MARC: |
Montgomery County Association for Retarded Citizens |
MDE: |
Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation |
MDR: |
Manifestation Determination Review |
MDT: |
Multi-Disciplinary Team |
MH/MR: |
Mental Health / Mental Retardation |
MR: |
Mental Retardation |
NORA: |
Notice of Recommended Assignment |
NOREP: |
Notice of Recommended Educational Placement |
OCD: |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
OCR: |
Office for Civil Rights |
ODD: |
Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
ODR: |
Office for Dispute Resolution |
OHI: |
Other Health Impairment |
OMH: |
Office of Mental Health |
OMR: |
Office of Mental Retardation |
OSEP: |
Office of Special Education Programs |
OSERS: |
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services |
OT: |
Occupational Therapy |
OVR: |
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation |
PASA: |
Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment |
PaTTAN: |
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network |
PE: |
Physical Education |
PDD |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder. |
PDD-NOS: |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified |
PDE: |
Pennsylvania Department of Education |
PEN: |
Parent Education Network |
PHC: |
Pre-hearing Conference |
PIAT-R: |
Peabody Individual Achievement Test - Revised |
PILCOP: |
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia |
PIN: |
Parents Involved Network |
PP&A: |
Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy |
PPVT: |
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test |
PSSA: |
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment |
PT: |
Physical Therapy |
PTE: |
Permission to Evaluate |
PWN: |
Prior Written Notice |
RR: |
Reevaluation Report |
RTF: |
Residential Treatment Facility |
SDI: |
Specially Designed Instruction |
SEA: |
State Educational Agency |
SCTN 504: |
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
SED: |
Serious Emotional Disturbance |
SI: |
Sensory Integration |
SID: |
Sensory Integration Dysfunction |
S/L: |
Speech and Language |
SLD: |
Specific Learning Disability |
SP: |
Surrogate Parent |
SSDI: |
Social Security Disability Insurance |
SSI: |
Supplemental Security Income |
ST: |
Speech Therapy |
TBI: |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
TMR: |
Trainable Mentally Retarded |
TSS: |
Therapeutic Support Staff |
WAIS-III: |
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Third Edition |
WISC-III: |
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition |
WISC-IV: |
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth Edition |
WIAT: |
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test |
WRAT: |
Wide Range Achievement Test |
VI: |
Visual Impairment |