Acronyms and Abbreviations
A B C D E F H I L M O P R S T U V
ACSW = Academy of Certified Social Workers
ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD = Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
AFDC = Aid to Families with Dependent Children, a federally funded assistance program
APE = Adapted Physical Education
ARTIC = Articulation
BD = Brain Damage
BEH = Behaviorally/Emotionally Handicapped
BI = Brain Injury
CA = Chronological Age
CCC-SLP = Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology
CP = Cerebral Palsy
CRO = Central Reimbursement Office
CSHCS = Children's Special Health Care Service
DD = Developmental Disability/ Developmentally Delayed
DEC = Developmental Evaluation Center
DMH = Department of Mental Health
DOE = Department of Education - The State Educational Agency (SEA)
DT = Developmental Therapy
ED = Emotionally Disturbed
EdD = Doctor of Education
EH = Emotional Handicap
EHA = Education for Handicapped Children Act (now IDEIA)
EI = Early Intervention
EMR - Educable Mentally Retarded
Eval = Evaluation
FAPE = Free Appropriate Public Education
FERPA = Family Educational Rights and Protection Act
HI = Hearing Impaired
ICC = Interagency Coordinating Council
IDEA = Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEIA = Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
IEP = Individualized Education Plan
IFSP = Individualized Family Service Plan
IQ = Intelligence Quotient
LCSW = Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LD = Learning Disabled
LEA = Local Education Agency
LPCC = Local Planning Coordination Council
LRE = Least Restrictive Environment
MA = Mental Age
MBD = Minimal Brain Dysfunction
MD = Muscular Dystrophy
M.D. = Doctor of Medicine
Meds = Medications
MH = Multiple Handicaps
MI = Mental Impairment
MIMH = Mild Mental Handicap
MLU = Mean Length of Utterance
MR = Mental Retardation
MS = Multiple Sclerosis
MSN = Master of Nursing
MSW = Master of Social Work
OCR = Office for Civil Rights
OHI = Other Health Impairment
OSEP = Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS = Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT = Occupational Therapy/Therapist
P & A = Protection and Advocacy
PAC = Parent Advisory Council
Para = paraprofessional
Part B = 3 to 5
Part H = Birth to 3
PE = Physical Education
PH = Physically Handicapped
PhD = Doctor of Philosophy
P.L. = Public Law (federal)
Psych = Psychological
PsyD = Doctor of Psychology
PT = Physical Therapy/Therapist
PTO = Parent-Teacher Organization
ROM = Range of Motion
Re-eval = Reevaluation
RFF = Request for Friends
SC = Service Coordination
SEA = State Education Agency
SI - Sensory Integration
SLP = Speech-Language Pathologist (therapist)
S/P = Severe/Profound (mental retardation)
SPOE = System Point of Entry
SSI = Supplemental Security Income
TA = Teaching Assistant or Technical Assistance
TBI = Traumatic Brain Injury
TDD = Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
TMR = Trainable Mentally Retarded
Title V = CSHCS (Children's Special Health Care Services
Title XX = Birth to 3
USDA = United States Department of Agriculture
UTS = Unified Training System
VI = Visual Impairment