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Acronyms

Delaware Agencies and Programs
  • AAR – Adult Abuse Registry
  • ADRC – Aging and Disability Resource Center
  • APS – Adult Protective Services
  • CHIP – Children’s Health Insurance Program
  • CLIMB – Consortium Leadership and Independence through Managing Benefits
  • DART – Delaware Authority for Regional Transit
  • DDC – Developmental Disabilities Council
  • DDDS – Division of Developmental Disabilities Services
  • DEMA – Delaware Emergency Management Agency
  • DFS – Division of Family Services
  • DHSS – Department of Health and Social Services
  • DLTC – Division of Long Term Care
  • DMMA – Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance
  • DODHH – Delaware office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • DOE – Department of Education
  • DOL – Department of Labor
  • DPAP – Delaware Prescription Assistance Program
  • DPBHS – Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services
  • DPC – Delaware Psychiatric Center
  • DPH – Division of Public Health
  • DSAAPD – Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities
  • DSAMH – Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
  • DSBA – Delaware School Boards Association
  • DSCYF – Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Families (The Delaware Children’s Department)
  • DSEA – Delaware State Education Association
  • DVI – Division for the Visually Impaired
  • DVR – Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, also known asVR
  • DYRS – Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services
  • ECAP – Early Childhood Assistance Program
  • ECT – Exceptional Children Team
  • EDTAC – Elderly and Disabled Transit Advisory Committee
  • EIC – Education Improvement Commission
  • EPPC – Educational Planning and Placement Committee
  • FCRB – Foster Care Review Board
  • GACEC – Governor’s Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens
  • ICC – Interagency Coordinating Council (for Infants and Toddlers)
  • ICCF – Interagency Council for Children and Families
  • ICT – Interagency Collaborative Team
  • ISI – Inclusive Schools Initiative
  • SCPD – State Council for Persons with Disabilities
  • SNAP – Special Needs Alert Program
  • STEPS – Sequenced Transition to Education in the Public Schools
Delaware Disability-related Organizations
  • AAB – Architectural Accessibility Board
  • AD – Autism Delaware The Arc The Arc of Delaware
  • CAP – Client Assistance Program
  • CDS – Center for Disabilities Studies
  • CERTS – Collaborative Efforts to Reinforce Transition Success
  • CFF – Children and Families First
  • CCCD – Coordinating Council for Children with DisAbilities CLASI Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.
  • CODHHE – Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Equality
  • CQSE – Center for Quality Special Education
  • DADB – Delaware Association for Deaf/Blind
  • DAP – Delaware Autism Program
  • DATI – Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative
  • DE CEC – Delaware Council for Exceptional Children
  • DE FV/F2F – Delaware Family Voices/ Family to Family Health Information Center
  • DelARF – Delaware Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
  • DFRC – Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities
  • DLP – Disabilities Law Program
  • DS – A Down Syndrome Association of Delaware
  • DSPAC – Delaware State Parent Advisory Committee
  • Early CHOICES – Children Having Options in the Continuum of Educational Services
  • F2F – Delaware Family to Family Health Information Center
  • Family SHADE – Family Support and Healthcare Alliance Delaware
  • FCIL – Freedom Center for Independent Living
  • HLAA – Hearing Loss Association of America
  • HLADE – Hearing Loss Association of Delaware
  • IRI – Independent Resources, Inc.
  • PIC – Parent Information Center of Delaware
  • MHA – Mental Health Association of Delaware
  • NAMI-DE – National Alliance on Mental Illness, Delaware Chapter
  • PAC – Parent Advisory Committee
  • PAT – Parents as Teachers
  • PEEC – Parent Early Education Center
  • UCP – United Cerebral Palsy
Disability-Related Terms
  • AAC – Augmentative and Alternative Communication
  • ACA – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act
  • ADL – Activities of Daily Living
  • AMD – Adaptive Mobility Device
  • ASL – American Sign Language
  • AT – Assistive Technology
  • BIP – Behavior Intervention Plan
  • CAP – Corrective Action Plan
  • CART – Communication Access Realtime Translation
  • CAS – Comprehensive Assessment System
  • CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocate
  • CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
  • CM – Case Manager
  • CNA – Certified Nursing Assistant
  • COPM – Coordinator of Planning and Monitoring Personnel Development
  • CST – Child Study Team
  • CSW – Clinical SocialWorker CYSHCN Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
  • DCAS – Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System
  • DCAS-Alt1 – Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment
  • DME – Durable Medical Equipment
  • DSP – Direct Support Professional
  • ED – Educational Diagnostician
  • EI – Early Intervention
  • ELL – English Language Learners
  • ELP – Essential Lifestyle Plan
  • EMS – Emergency Medical Services
  • EMT – Emergency Medical Technician
  • EPSDT – Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
  • ESL – English as a Second Language
  • ESY – Extended School Year for Special Education Services
  • FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education
  • FBA – Functional Behavior Assessment
  • FERPA – Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  • FQHC – Federally Qualified Health Centers
  • FTE – Full Time Equivalent
  • GCS – Glasgow Coma Score
  • HHA – Home Health Aide
  • HIPAA – Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  • ICAN – Increasing Capabilities Access Network
  • ICAP – Inventory for Client and Agency Planning
  • ICAS – Inclusive Comprehensive Assessment System
  • IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • IDEALR – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Law Review
  • IEE – Independent Educational Evaluation
  • IEP – Individualized Educational Program
  • IFSP – Individualized Family Service Plan
  • IIP – Individual Improvement Plan
  • ILC – Intensive Learning Center
  • IPRD – Identification, Placement, Review, Dismissal
  • IQ – Intelligence Quotient
  • ISIS – Integrated Services Information System
  • IST – Instructional Support Team
  • JPIP – Junior Partners in Policymaking
  • LCCE – Life Centered Career Education
  • LEA – Local Educational Agency
  • LEP – Limited English Proficiency
  • LMN – Letter of Medical Necessity
  • LOF – Letter of Finding
  • LOP – Local Operational Plan
  • LRE – Least Restrictive Environment
  • MBI – Medicaid Buy-in
  • MCO – Managed Care Organization
  • MDT – Multi-Disciplinary Team
  • MFP – Money Follows the Person
  • MOA – Memorandum of Agreement
  • MOE – Maintenance of Effort
  • MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
  • MOVE – Mobility Opportunities Via Education/Experience Curriculum
  • MSW – Masters in SocialWork
  • NPA – Nurse Practices Act
  • OT – Occupational Therapy/Therapist
  • Part B – Public law that authorizes assistance for the education of all children
  • Part C – Public law that authorizes early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities (formerly Part H)
  • P&A – Protection and Advocacy
  • PAS – Personal Assistance Services
  • PASS – Plan to Achieve Self-Sufficiency
  • PBS – Positive Behavior Support
  • PCA – Personal Care Attendant
  • PCIP – Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan
  • PIP – Partners in Policymaking
  • POC – Purchase of Care
  • PPEC – Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care
  • PT – Physical Therapist/Therapy
  • PWD – Person with a Disability
  • RTC – Residential Treatment Center
  • SEA – State Educational Agency
  • Section 504 – Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (the section that concerns non-discrimination)
  • SEEDS – Special Education Effectiveness Development System
  • SES – Special Education Services
  • SIG – State Improvement Grant
  • SLP – Speech-Language Pathologist
  • SIP – State Improvement Plan
  • Sped – Special Education (sometimes written as “Special Ed.” or “Spec. Ed.”)
  • TDD – Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
  • TPR – Termination of Parental Rights
  • TTY – Text Telephone (for the hearing impaired)
  • UDL – Universal Design for Learning
  • Vo-Tech – Vocational-Technical School or Program
  • WISC – Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs
  • ABI – Acquired Brain Injury
  • ADD/ADHD – Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • AS – Asperger Syndrome
  • ASD – Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • AU – Autism
  • CF – Cystic Fibrosis
  • CP – Cerebral Palsy
  • DB – Deaf/Blind
  • DD – Developmental Disability or Developmentally Delayed
  • DS – Down Syndrome
  • FASD – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (includes FAS – fetal alcohol syndrome, ARND – alcohol related neurodevelopment disorder and ARBD – Alcohol-Related Birth Defects)
  • HI – Hearing Impaired
  • ID – Intellectual Disability
  • LD – Learning Disability
  • MH – Mental Health
  • MI – Mental Illness
  • MS – Multiple Sclerosis
  • NTD – Neural Tube Defect
  • OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • ODD – Oppositional Defiant Disorder
  • OI – Osteogenesis Imperfecta
  • PDD – Pervasive Developmental Disorder
  • SB – Spina Bifida
  • SCI – Spinal Cord Injury
  • SED – Severely Emotionally Disturbed
  • SEM – Social/Emotional Disability
  • SLD – Specific Learning Disability
  • SLI – Speech and Language Impaired
  • TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury
  • VI – Visually Impaired
National Organizations
  • AAIDD – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (formerly AAMR—American Association on Mental Retardation)
  • ACB – American Council for the Blind
  • ASDC – American Society for Deaf Children
  • AUCD – Association of University Centers on Disabilities
  • BIA – Brain Injury Association
  • CCD – Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
  • CEC – Council for Exceptional Children
  • CHADD – Children with Attention Deficit Disorder
  • NACDD – National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
  • NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness
  • NASDSE – National Association of State Directors of Special Education
  • NASDTEC – National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification
  • NCATE – National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
  • NCD – National Council on Disability
  • NCIL – National Council on Independent Living
  • NDCCD – National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
  • NFCA – National Family Caregivers Association
  • NFV – National Family Voices
  • NICHCY – National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
  • NORD – National Organization for Rare Disorders
  • STOMP – Specialized Training of Military Parents
  • UCPA – United Cerebral Palsy Associations
Federal Agencies and Programs
  • ACF – Administration on Children and Families
  • ADD – Administration on Developmental Disabilities
  • ATBCB – Architecture and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
  • CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • CMS – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • HHS – United States Department of Health and Human Services
  • DOJ – United States Department of Justice
  • DOL – United States Department of Labor
  • ED – United States Department of Education
  • EEOC – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • HUD – Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • JAN – Job Accommodation Network
  • MC&FP – Military Community and Family Policy
  • MCHB – Maternal and Child Health Bureau
  • NCSET – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
  • NIDRR – National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
  • OCR – Office of Civil Rights
  • OSEP – Office of Special Education Programs
  • OSERS – Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
  • PCEPD – President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
  • PCPID – President’s Committee on People with Intellectual Disabilities
  • RSA – Rehabilitation Services Administration
  • SSA – Social Security Administration
  • SSDI – Social Security Disability Insurance
  • SSI – Supplemental Security Income
  • TANF – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (formerly AFDC)
  • TEFRA – Tax Equity Fiscal Responsibility Act
  • TWIIA – Ticket toWork Incentive and Improvements Act
  • VAMC – Veterans Administration Medical Center
  • WIC – Women, Infants and Children