SDC

Education & Academia abbreviation · K-12 Education

SDC
Stands forSpecial day class
CategoriesEducation & Academia

SDC stands for Special day class, a K-12 education abbreviation.

California special education placement in which students with more intensive needs spend the majority of the school day in a separate classroom taught by a special education teacher. Students may join general education peers for some subjects, lunch and electives.

Example: The IEP team discussed moving her from RSP to an SDC for language arts and math.

Usage notes

Placement in an SDC must be justified under the least restrictive environment requirement. Classes are smaller, often with aides. Other states call similar settings self-contained classrooms.

More K-12 education abbreviations

  • PTC – Parent-teacher conference
  • PTO – Parent Teacher Organization
  • PTSA – Parent Teacher Student Association
  • PWN – Prior written notice
  • RSP – Resource Specialist Program
  • RTI – Response to intervention
  • SDI – Specially designed instruction
  • SEA – State educational agency
  • SEI – Sheltered English immersion
  • SEL – Social-emotional learning
  • SIOP – Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
  • SLD – Specific learning disability

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