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Association for Special Children and Families is please to off  a Dictionary of Common Special Education Terms and Acronyms developed by Parent Information Center of New Hampshire.  This is an 11 page document that can be used as a reference document for understanding numerous terms and accronyms in the Special Education arena. A subset of those terms are presented here in our glossary.

Glossary
ABA

Applied Behavioral Analysis – One research-based method for supporting/teaching children with certain disabilities, most commonly with children with autism or autism spectrum disorders.
ABAS II

Adaptive Behavior System, 2nd edition (test)
Ability grouping

Clusters students according to past performance so teachers can instruct them at the same level. See grouping, tracking
ASCF

Association for Special Children and Families
ESY

Extended School Year
GSIL

Granite State Independent Living
IEP

Individualized Education Plan
NICHCY

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
PIC

Parent Information Center
Starting POINTS

Starting POINTS for Parents is an online community for families of children with disabilities Providing Opportunities for Information Networking, Training and Support as they learn, share and connect about the educational and developmental needs of their children.
YDC

Youth Development Center: a residential treatment center operated by the department of youth development services for adjudicated children ages 11 to 16.
YSDC

Youth Services Detention Center