NNPS Acronym Guide
| ADHA | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | ODD | Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| APE | Adapted Physical Education | OHI | Other Hearing Impairments |
| AT | Assistive Technology | OI | Orthopedically Impaired |
| AUT | Autism | OT | Occupational Therapy |
| PDP | Professional Development Period (high school teachers) | ||
| BIP | Behavior Intervention Plan | PALS | Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening |
| CTE | Career and Technical Education | PEEP | Program for Educating Exceptional Preschoolers |
| DD | Developmentally Delayed | PLOP | Present Level of Performance |
| DORA | Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment | PO | Probation Officer |
| DRA | Developmental Reading Assessment | PT | Physical Therapy |
| EC | Eligibility Committee | RTI | Response to Intervention |
| ED | Emotional Disabilities | SES | Supplemental Educational Services |
| ELL | English Language Learners | SLP | Speech/Language Pathologist |
| EMD | Educable Mental Disabilities | SOA | Standards of Accreditation |
| EPP | Enhancing Professional Practice Mentoring Program | SOL | Standards of Learning |
| eSIS | Electronic Student Information System | SOQ | Standards of Quality |
| ESL | English for Speakers of Other Languages | SPED | Special Education |
| FBA | Functional Behavior Assessment | SPD | Severe and Profound Disabilities |
| HI | Hearing Impaired | SRO | School Resource Officer |
| IDEA | Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | TA | Teacher Assistant |
| IEE | Independent Educational Evaluation | T/TAC | Training and Technical Assistance Center |
| IEP | Individual Education Plan | TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| ITC | Instructional Technology Coach | TMD | Trainable Mental Disabilities |
| ITP | Individual Transition Plan | TPA | Teacher Performance Assessment |
| LD | Learning Disabled | TSS | Technical Support Specialist |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment | UbD | Understanding by Design |
| LDR | Learning Disabled Resource | VAAP | Virginia Alternative Assessment Program |
| LRE | Least Restrictive Environment | VCLA | Virginia Communications & Literacy Assessment (teachers) |
| MD | Mental Disabilities | VDOE | Virginia Dept. of Education |
| MUL | Multiple Disabilities | VEA | Virginia Education Association |
| NCLB | No Child Left Behind | VGLA | Virginia Grade Level Alternative Assessment |
| NEA | National Education Association | VI | Visually Impaired |
| NNEA | Newport News Education Association | VRA | Virginia Reading Assessment |
| NTI | New Teacher Induction | ||
| NTIC | New Teacher Induction Coordinator |