IEP (Individualized Education Program)
IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan)
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
TA (Task Analysis)
EBD (Emotional and Behavioral Disorders)
LD (Learning Disability)
TD (Typically Developing)
OHI (Other Health Impairment)
NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrom)
PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)
FBA (Functional Behavioral Assessment)
ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
PDD-NOS (Pervasive Development Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified)
PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System)
PRT (Pivotal Response Teaching)
ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale)
ADI-R (Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised)
CRF (Community Residential Facilities)
This is just a short list of abbreviations that I have collected in my brain from trying to understand the educational system we have in the US (in particular Special Education).
When we belittle people and their disorders, disabilities or needs to a list of letters that are incomprehensible to people who haven't been taught the code, there is something wrong with our "love" and we're (at best) in danger of forgetting the people we're trying to serve.
I don't have an answer, but I'm not willing to say this is just "part of the job".
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