{"id":8392,"date":"2015-04-10T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/10\/25-special-education-acronyms\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T20:26:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:26:49","slug":"25-special-education-acronyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/25-special-education-acronyms\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Special Education Acronyms"},"content":{"rendered":"
There's not an acronym for Autism Awareness Month — and that's ironic. As any parent of a child with special needs will tell you, special education and health plans demand the use of acronyms. Here, MomSpeaker Lisa Lightner shares 25 mom-sourced common IEP\/special-ed acronyms. Bookmark the page for easy reference and see several of these acronyms in action over on our newly updated Autism School Survey<\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n When I first started this journey, I swore that I would never be one of “those people.” Those people who speak in acronyms. Guess what? I am one. And let’s face it, acronyms exist for a reason. To say “individualized education plan” over and over is much more cumbersome than IEP. Or NOREP, that’s a long one. What’s a NOREP? Glad you asked!<\/p>\n For a long time, I thought of publishing a list of acronyms. Pattan puts one out and I have it. But they are also available online. Some of the sites I have seen list up to three pages of them! So what I decided to do – poll the parents in the A Day in Our Shoes Facebook group<\/a> (come join us!) about what acronyms they find themselves using frequently. So no, I haven’t statistically or scientifically verified that these are the most commonly used special education acronyms; this is anecdotal. But there definitely was a pattern. So if I were going to recommend a list of special education acronyms that you should memorize, this would be the list. <\/p>\n Lisa Lightner is a Chester County, PA mom of two. This post was adapted from the blog A Day in Our Shoes,<\/a> which she co-authors. It provides support, resources and advocacy services for parents of children with special needs.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A list of 25 of the most commonly used IEP\/special-ed acronyms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,34,616],"tags":[767,23063,680,1676,2581,2817,23064,1677],"yoast_head":"\n\n