Special Education Acronyms
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AAC Augmentative & Alternative Communication
AAMR American Association on Mental Retardation
ABA Applied Behavioral Analysis
ABE Adult Basic Education
ABS Adaptive Behavior Scale
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA Average Daily Attendance
ADC Adult Day Care
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADDAM Attention Deficit Disorder Association of Missouri
ADHC Adult Day Health Care
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADL Activites of Daily Living
AES Alternative Education Setting
AFB American Federation of the Blind
AFO Adaptive Foot Orthotics
AHEAD Association on Higher Education & Disability
AIT Auditory Integration Training
AMI Alliance for the Mentally Ill
APE Adaptive Physical Education
APSE Association for Persons in Supported Employment
ARC Association for Retarded Citizens
ARCH Assistance with Respite Care in the Home
ASA Autism Society of America
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASHA American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
ASL American Sign Language
AT Assistive Technology
AU Autism
BD Behavior Disorder
BIP Behavioral Intervention Plan
BL Blind
BOE Board of Education
CA Chronological Age
CAP Client Assistance Program
CASA Court-Appointed Special Advocate
CASE Council for Administrators of Special Education
CBI Community-Based Instruction
CBTS Community-Based Transition Services
CBVI Community-Based Vocational Instruction
CEC Council for Exceptional Children
CETA Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
CF Cystic Fibrosis
CHADD Children with Attention Deficit Disorder
CI Community Integration
CID Central Institute for the Deaf
CIL Center for Independent Living
CISE Center for Innovations in Special Education
CMHC Community Mental Health Center
CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CO Central Office
COACH Cayuga-Onondaga Assessment of Children with Handicaps
COOP Cooperative Work-Experience Program
CP Cerebral Palsy
CWC Class Within A Class
DB Deaf/Blind
DD Developmental Disabilities
DDTC Developmental Disabilities Treatment Center
DESE Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
DF Deaf
DFS Division of Family Services
DHH Deaf or Hard of Hearing
DHSS Department of Health and Senior Service
DMH Department of Mental Health
DOH Department of Health
DP Diagnostic Placement
DSA Down Syndrome Association
DSM-III-R Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed. revised)
DSS Department of Social Services
DVR Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
ECSE Early Childhood Special Education
ED Emotionally Disturbed
EHA Education of All Handicapped Children Act (now called IDEA)
EPSDT Medicaid Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
ESL English as a Second Language
ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages
ESYP Extended School Year Programs
ExCEL Exploration of Careers through Experience and Language Program
FAS/FAE Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects
FAPE Free and Appropriate Public Education
FBA Functional Behavior Assessment
FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (Student School Records Act)
FLA Family Living Arrangement
GE Grade Equivalent
GED General Educational Development Diploma
HB House Bill
HCY Healthy Children and Youth Program
HI Hearing Impaired
HMO Health Maintenance Organization
HOH Hard of Hearing
HOYO Home of Your Own
HT Home Teaching
I & R Information & Referral
ID Intellectual Disability
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP Individualized Education Program
IFSP Individualized Family Services Plan
ILA Indpendent Living Arrangement
ILC Independent Living Center
INFORM Information Network for Missouri’s Children with Special Needs
IPE Individualized Plan for Employment
IQ Intelligence Quotient
IRC Instructional Resource Center
IRWE Impairment-Related Work Expenses
ISL Independent Supported Living
ISP Individualized Service Plan
ITP Individualized Treatment Plan
JESS Job Employment Services
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act
K-12 Kindergarten through Grade Twelve
LD Learning Disability
LDA Learning Disabilities Association
LEA Local Education Agency
LRE Least Restrictive Environment
MA Mental Age
MACDDS Missouri Association of County Developmental Disabilities Services
MAP Missouri Assessment Program
MAP-A Missouri Assessment Program – Alternate
MAPS McGill Action Planning System
MCHR Missouri Commission on Human Rights
MD Muscular Dystrophy
MHA Mental Health Association
MHIA Missouri Head Injury Association
MI Mentally Ill
MOCABI Missouri Critical Adaptive Bahaviors Inventory
MOCDD Missouri Children with Developmental Disability Waiver
MoP&A or MPAS Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services
MO-SPAN Missouri Statewide Parent Advisory Network
MPACT Missouri Parents Alliance for Cooperative Training
MPC Missouri Planning Council
MSIP Missouri School Improvement Program
MSW Masters of Social Work Degree
MU Multiply Disabled
NAMI National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
NASBE National Association State Boards of Education
NASDE National Association of State Directors of Special Education
NBD Neurobiological Disorders
NCLD National Center for Learning Disabilities
NFP Not for Profit
NH Non-handicapped
NICHCY National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
NORD National Organization for Rare Disorders
NOS Not Otherwise Specified
OA Office of Administration
O & M Orientation and Mobility
OBE Outcome Based Education
OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCR Office of Civil Rights
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder
OH Orthopedically Handicapped
OHI Other Health Impaired
OSEP Office of Special Education Programs
OSERS Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
OT Occupational Therapy
PAC Parent Advisory Council
P & A Protection & Advocacy
PARA Paraprofessional
PAS Personal Assistance Service
PASS Plan for Achieving Self-Support
PBIS Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
PCA Personal Care Assistant
PCP Person-Centered Plan
PDC Professional Development Committee
PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
PDDNOS Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
PDR Physician’s Desk Reference
PI Physically Impaired
PICS Picture Interest Career Inventory
PKU Phenylketonuria
PL Public Law
PLAAFP Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
PLB Productive Living Board
PLC Parent Liaison Committee
POS Purchase of Service
PS Partially Sighted
PT Physical Therapy
PTI Parent Training and Information Center
RAC Regional Advisory Council
RC Regional Center
RP Responsible Party
RSB Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
RSMo Revised Statutes of Missouri
RTC Residential Treatment Center
RTI Response to Intervention
SB Senate Bill
SD Standard Deviation
SDD Severe Developmental Disabilities
SEA State Educational Agency
SED Severely (or Seriously) Emotionally Disturbed
SH Severely Handicapped
SHCN Special Health Care Needs
SIB Self-Injurious Behavior
SIS Supports Intensity Scale
SLD Specific Learning Disability
SLP Speech-Language Pathologist
SNAP Special Non-public After-school Project
SOP Summary of Performance
SP Speech Impaired
SPED Special Education
SSA Social Security Administration
SSDI Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI Supplementary Security Income
SWEP Summer Work Experience Program
TA Technical Assistance
TAC Technology Access Center
TAPP Technical Assistance to Parent Program
TASH The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TDD Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children
TPI Transition Planning Inventory
TT Text Telephone
TTD/TTY Teletypewriting Device, Teletypewriter
UAF/UAP University Affiliated Facility/Program
UCPA United Cerebral Palsy Association
UR Utilization Review
VI Visual Impairment
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
VSA Very Special Arts
WAC Work Activities Center
WEC Work Experience Coordinator
WIA Work Investment Act
YES Youth Employment Services
YCDD Young Child with Developmental Delay