Acronyms
- ACCES-VR: Adult Career and Continuing Education Services – Vocational Rehabilitation
- ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- AE: Age equivalent
- AIS: Academic Intervention Services
- APE: Adaptive physical education
- ASD: Autism spectrum disorder
- ASL: American Sign Language
- AT: Assistive technology
- AU: Autism
- BOCES: Board of Cooperative Educational Services
- BOE: Board of Education
- COTA: Certified occupational therapy assistant
- CPSE: Committee on Preschool Special Education
- CSE: Committee on Special Education
- CST: Child Study Team
- DB: Deaf and Blind
- DD: Developmental disability
- DHH: Deaf/hard of hearing
- ED: Emotionally disturbed
- ERSS: Educationally related support services
- ESY: Extended school year
- FAPE: Free and Appropriate Public Education
- FBA: Functional behavioral assessment
- FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- ID: Intellectual Disability (Formerly known as mental retardation)
- IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- IEE: Independent Education Evaluation
- IEP: Individualized Education Program
- IH: Impartial hearing
- IHO: Impartial hearing officer
- IQ: Intelligence quotient
- ITP: Individual Transition Plan
- LD: Learning disabled
- LEA: Local education agency, local school district
- LRE: Least restrictive environment
- MA: Mental age
- MD: Multiple disabilities
- MR: Mental retardation
- MT: Music therapy
- NCLB: No Child Left Behind (federal law)
- NVLD: Non-verbal learning disability
- O&M: Orientation and mobility
- OHI: Other health impaired
- OI: Orthopedically impaired
- OMRDD: Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
- OPWDD (Formerly OMRDD): NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
- OT: Occupational therapy
- PBIS: Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports
- PDD: Pervasive developmental disorder
- PLEP: Present Levels of Educational Performance
- PPS: Pupil Personnel Services
- PT: Physical therapy
- SEA: State education agency
- SED: State Education Department
- SEIT: Special education itinerant teacher services
- SI: Speech impaired
- SLP: Speech language pathologist
- ST: Speech therapy
- TBI: Traumatic brain injury
- TDD: Tele-typewriting device
- TVI: Teacher of the visually impaired
- VI: Visually impaired
- VR: Vocational rehabilitation
Departments Links
Contact Information
Special Education
27 School Street
Mayfield, NY 12117
Jill Sheldon, Jr/Sr High CSE Chairperson
Kylie Morgia, Elementary CSE Chairperson
Kristine Goodemote, Elementary & Jr/Sr High CSE Chairperson
Stacie Lambert, CSE/CPSE Administrative Assistant
Phone: 518-661-8274
Fax: 518-661-6588