| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AEP | Alternative Education Program |
| AI | Auditory Impairment |
| APE | Adapted Physical Education |
| ARD | Admission, Review & Dismissal |
| AU | Autism |
| BIP | Behavior Intervention Plan |
| CBI | Community Based Instruction |
| DARS | Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services |
| DB | Deaf Blind |
| DNQ | Does Not Qualify |
| ECI | Early Childhood Intervention |
| ED | Emotional Disturbance |
| EOC | End of Course (Exam) |
| ESY | Extended School Year |
| FAPE | Free & Appropriate Public Education |
| FBA | Functional Behavior Assessment |
| FERPA | Family Education Rights and Privacy Act |
| FIE | Full Individual Evaluation |
| ID | Intellectual Disability |
| IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act |
| IEE | Independent Educational Evaluation |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program |
| LD | Learning Disability |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment |
| MD | Multiple Disabilities |
| OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| OHI | Other Health Impairment |
| OI | Orthopedic Impairment |
| O & M | Orientation & Mobility |
| OT | Occupational Therapy |
| PPCD | Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities |
| PT | Physical Therapy |
| RDSPD | Regional Day School Program for the Deaf |
| RTI | Response to Intervention |
| SI | Speech Impairment |
| SLP | Speech Language Pathologist |
| STAAR | State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness |
| STAAR A | State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness – Accommodated |
| STAAR Alt | State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness – Alternate |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TEA | Texas Education Agency |
| TEKS | Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills |
| VI | Visual Impairment |