AAB

Architectural Accessibility Board

AAR

Adult Abuse Registry

ABI

Acquired Brain Injury

AC

Augmentative Communication

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

AFP

Alliance for Full Participation

AI

Autistic Impaired

AI DuPont

A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital

AIDS

Applied Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AL

Assisted Living

ALS

Adult Life Skills

AMSES

Administrative Manual of Special Education Services

ANCDRP

Abuse/Neglect Child Death Review Panel

APR

Annual Performance Report

APS

Adult Protective Services (Division of Aging)

ARC/DE

Association for the Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation/Delaware

ASDC

American Society for Deaf Children/DE Chapter

ASD

Autism Society of Delaware

ASD

Autism Spectrum Disorder

ASL

American Sign Language

AT

Assistive Technology

AU

Autism

BD

Behavior Disorder

BEH

Behaviorally/Emotionally Handicapped

BH

Behaviorally Handicapped

BIE

Business, Industry and Education Alliance

BIP

Behavior Intervention Plan

CAP

Client Assistance Program

CAP

Corrective Action Plan

CAS

Comprehensive Assessment System

CASA

Court Appointed Special Advocate

CCMS

Comprehensive Compliance Monitoring System (Education)

CDNDSB

Child Death, Near Death and Stillbirth Commission & Work Group

CDS

Center for Disabilities Studies

CEC

Council for Exceptional Children

CERTS

Collaborative Efforts to Reinforce Transition Success

CCCD

Coordinating Council for Children with Disabilities

CCCP

Community Continuum of Care Program

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

ChADD

Children with Attention Deficit Disorder (national, county groups in DE)

CHINS

Children in Need of Services

CIS

Child Indicators Subgroup

CLASI

Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.

CM

Case Manager

CMS

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CNA

Certified Nursing Assistant

CODHHE

Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Equality

COPM

Coordinator of Planning and Monitoring

COWG

Child Outcomes Work Group

CP

Cerebral Palsy

CPS

Child Protective Services

CQSE

Center for Quality Special Education

CSCRP

Children’s Services Cost Recovery Project

CSPD

Comprehensive System for Personnel Development (Education)

CST

Child Study Team

CIT

Crisis Intervention Training

CTQ

The National Center for Improving Teacher Quality or Delaware’s Collaborative

for Teacher Quality

DAAP

Delaware Alternate Assessment Program

DADB

Delaware Association for Deaf/Blind

DACCVE

Delaware Advisory Council on Career and Vocational Education

DAPA

Delaware Alternate Portfolio Assessment

DART

Delaware Authority Rapid Transit (formerly DAST)

DATI

Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative

DSAMH

Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DHSS)

DSPAC

Delaware State Parent Advisory Committee

DB

Deaf/Blind

DCF

Department of Children and Families

DCMHS

Division of Child Mental Health Services

DCPS

Division of Child Protective Services

DD

Developmental Disability

DDC

Developmental Disabilities Council

DDDS

Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (formerly DMR)

DELARF

Delaware Association of Rehabilitation Facilities

DESS

Delaware Education Support System

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.

DHSS

Department of Health and Social Services

DLP

Disabilities Law Program

DLTCRP

Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection

DMMA

Division of Medicaid and Medicare Assistance

DMR

Division of Mental Retardation (Changed to DDDS)

DMS IV

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Retardation (4^th Edition Revised)

DNG

Did Not Go (policy Paratransit language)

DOC

Department of Corrections

DOE

Department of Education

DOL

Department of Labor

DPAP

Delaware Prescription Assistance Program

DPC

Delaware Psychiatric Center

DPH

Division of Public Health

DPI

Delaware Passport to Independence

DPS

Data and Programming Subgroup

DRA

Deficit Reduction Act

D-RTI

DOE Response to Intervention Taskforce

DREDF

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

DSAAPD

Division of Services to Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities (DHSS)

DSBA

Delaware School Boards Association

DSCYF

Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families

DSEA

Delaware State Education Association

DSTP

Delaware Student Testing Program

DTC

Delaware Transit Corporation

DUR

Drug Utilization Review

DVI

Division for the Visually Impaired (DHSS)

DVR

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DOL)

DYRS

Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services

Early CHOICES

Children Having Opportunities in the Continuum of Educational Services in early intervention programs

E/BD

Emotional/Behavioral Disorder

ECAP

Early Childhood Assistance Program

ECT

Exceptional Children Team (DOE)

ED

Educational Diagnostician

ED

Emotional Disturbance

EDTAC

Elderly and Disabled Transit Advisory Committee

EH

Emotional Handicap

EHA

Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 42-142)

EHLR

Education of the Handicapped Law in Review (now IDEALR)

EIC

Education Improvement Commission

EI

Early Intervention

EI

Emotionally Impaired

ELP

Essential Lifestyle Plan (DDDS)

EMH

Educable Mentally Handicapped (IQ 50-70)

EMI

Educable Mentally Impaired

EPPC

Educational Planning and Placement Committee

EPSDT

Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment

ESD

Extended School Day

ESL

English as a Second Language

ESY

Extended School Year (special education program)

FACT

Families and Communities Together

FAPE

Free Appropriate Public Education

FAS

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

FBA

Functional Behavioral Assessment

FCRB

Foster Care Review Board

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FPL

Federal Poverty Level

FSP

Family Support Plan

FTE

Full Time Equivalent

G-T

Gifted and Talented (Children with Outstanding Talents now used)

GACEC

Governor’s Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens

GACAAPD

Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities

GED

General Education Diploma

GSEG

General Supervision and Enhancement Grant

HBCU

Historically Black College or University

HCBS

Home and Community Based Services

HEU

High End User program

HI

Hearing Impaired

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HLADE

Hearing Loss Association of Delaware

HO

Hearing Officer

HOUSSE

Highly Objective State Standards for Educators

IAES

Interim Alternative Educational Setting

ICAS

Inclusive Comprehensive Assessment System

ICC

Interagency Coordinating Council (Infants and Toddlers)

ICCF

Interagency Council for Children and Families (state and county)

ICT

Interagency Collaborative Treatment Team (Unique Alternatives)

ICF/MR

Intermediate Care Facility for persons with Mental Retardation

IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (successor to P.L. 94-142)

IDEALR

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Law Review

IDEIA

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improve Act of 2004

IED

Intermittent Explosive Disorder

IEE

Independent Educational Evaluation

IEP

Individualized Educational Plan

IFSP

Individualized Family Services Plan

IIP

Individual Improvement Plan

ILC

Intensive Learning Center

ILI

Independent Living, Incorporated

IOP

Intensive Outpatient program

IPPSE

Institute for Problem Prevention in Special Education

IPRD

Identification, Placement, Review, Dismissal – process for Special Education classification and determination of eligibility for services, conducted on a Local School District level.

IQ

Intelligence Quotient (test)

IRI

Independent Resources, Incorporated

IRMC

Interagency Resource Management Committee

ISD

Intermediate School District

ISIS

Integrated Services Information System

ISP

Individualized Service Plan

IST

Instructional Support Team

ITP

Individualized Transition Plan

JFC

Joint Finance Committee

LD

Learning Disabled

LCCE

Life Centered Career Education

LEA

Local Educational Agency

LEP

Limited English Proficiency

LOF

Letter of Finding

LOP

Local Operational Plan

LRE

Least Restrictive Environment

MA

Mental Age

MAP

Measures of Academic Progress assessment

MBI

Medicaid Buy In

MDA

Multi-Disciplinary Assessment

MDT

Multi-Disciplinary Team

MEANS

Making Employment a New Success for Delawareans

MFCU

Medicaid Fraud Control Unit

MFP

Money Follows the Person

MH

Mental Handicap

MI

Mental Illness

MiCASSA

Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports Act

MIG

Medicaid Infrastructure Grant

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MR

Mental Retardation (now replaced by Cognitive Disability)

MSW

Masters in Social Work

NAMI-DE

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-DE Chapter

NASDSE

National Association of State Directors of Special Education

NASDTEC

National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification

NAEP

National Center for Education Statistics

NCSET

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition

NCATE

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

NDCCD

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)

NICHCY

National Information Center for Children and Youth with disabilities

NCLB

No Child Left Behind (federal legislation)

NPA

Nurse Practices Act

OCR(federal office)

Office of Civil Rights

OCD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

ODD

Oppositional Defiance Disorder

OH

Orthopedically Handicapped

OHI

Other Health Impaired

OSEP

Office of Special Education Programs ( U.S. Dept. of Education)

OSERS

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (U.S.DOE)

OT

Occupational Therapist/Therapy

P&A

Protection and Advocacy

P&T

Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic

PAC

Parent Advisory Committee (districts)

PABSS

Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security

PAAT

Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology

PADD

Protection and Advocacy for persons with Developmental Disabilities

PAIMI

Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness

PAIR

Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (program of CLASI)

Part B

P.L. 99-142, section which authorizes assistance for the education of all children with disabilities or FAPE

Part C

P.L. 99-457, section which authorizes Early Intervention Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (formerly Part H)

PAS

Personal Assistant Services

PAS

Play Assessment Scale

PAT

Parents as Teachers

PBS

Positive Behavioral Supports

PC (Personnel Ctr)

National Center for Special Education Personnel & Related Service Providers

PCA

Personal Care Attendant

PCCD

Partners Council for Children with Disabilities

PDL

Preferred Drug List

PE

Physical Education

PEEC

Parent Early Education Center

PI

Physically Impaired

PIC

Parent Information Center of Delaware, Inc.

PLEP (PLP)

Present Level of Educational Performance (Present Level of Performance)

POHI

Physically and Otherwise Health Impaired

PPEC

Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care

PT

Physical Therapist/Therapy

QRMP

Qualified Mental Retardation Professional

RAS

Reporting and Assessment Subgroup

REAL Program/CDS

Recreation Enhancement and Learning Program

RPC

Regional Placement Committee (DDDS)

RS

Related Services

RSI

Residential Services Indicator (DDDS)

RTC

Residential Treatment Center

SAS

Supplement Aids and Services

SE

Special Education

Section 504

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

SCPD

State Council for Persons with Disabilities

SEA

State Educational Agency

SED

Severely Emotionally Disturbed

SEED

Student Excellence Equals Degree scholarship program

SEEDS

Special Education Effectiveness Development System

SEM

Social/Emotionally Maladjusted

SES

Special Education Services

SHHH

Self Help for Hard of Hearing People of Delaware, Inc

SIB

Self-Injurious Behavior

SIG

State Improvement Grant

SIP

State Improvement Plan for Special Education

SLD

Specific Learning Disability

SLI

Speech and Language Impaired

SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

SMH

Severe Mental Handicap (IQ below 35)

SMI

Severely Mentally Impaired

Special Ed.

Special Education (sometimes written as “Sped” or “Spec. Ed.”)

SREB

Southern Regional Education Board

SSA

Social Security Administration

SSDI

Social Security Disability Insurance

SSI

Supplemental Security Income

STEPS

Sequenced Transition to Education in the Public Schools

SXI

Severely Multiply Impaired

TA

Technical Assistance

TAG

The Association for Gifted, or Talented and Gifted Program

TASH

The Association for Severely Handicapped (national group)

TBI

Traumatic Brain Injury

TDD

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

TEACCH

Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children

TMH

Trainable Mentally Handicapped (IQ of 35-50)

TPR

Termination of Parental Rights

TQM

Total Quality Management

TTY

Teletype or Teletypewriter

TWIA

Ticket to Work Incentive Act

UCP

United Cerebral Palsy

UDL

Universal Design for Learning

VI

Visually Impaired

Vo-Tech

Vocational-Technical School or Program

VE

Vocational Education

VR

Vocational Rehabilitation

WISC

Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children

YRS

Youth Rehabilitative Services (DSCYF)