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Frequently used acronyms
List compiled by Families Helping Families educational liaisons -
Valerie Balser, Sabrina Hagan, and Vickie Nettles
A
ABA:Applied Behavioral Analysis
ACT:Assertive Community Treatment
ADA:Americans with Disabilities Act
ADD:Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD:Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
AG:Annual Goal
APE:Adapted Physical Education
AS:Asperger Syndrome
ASD:Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASL:American Sign Language
B
BD:Behavior Disorder
BCSW:Board Certified Social Worker
BIP:Behavior Intervention Plan
C
CAAH:Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless
CAHSD:Capital Area Human Services District
CART:Child and Adolescent Response Team
CC:Children Choice (waiver)
CD:Cognitive Delay
CFR:Code of Federal Regulations
CLTP:Community Living Training Program
CMV:CytoMegaloVirus
CP:Cerebral Palsy
CPOC:Comprehensive Plan Of Care
CSHS:Children's Special Health Services
D
D:Deaf
DD:Developmental Disability
DDC:Developmental Disabilities Council (Louisiana)
DHH:Department of Health and Hospitals
E
ECSS:Early Child Support and Services
ED:Emotionally Disturbed
EDA:Elderly and Disabled Adults Waivers
EPSDT:Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis Treatment
ESY:Extended School Year
ETV:Education and Training Vouchers program
F
FAPE:Free Appropriate Public Education
FERPA:Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FINS:Families in Need of Services
H
HI:Hearing Impaired
HIV:Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HMD:Hyaline Membrane Disease
HMIS:Homeless Management Information System
HUD:departemnt of Housing and Urban Development
I
IAP:Individualized Accommodation Plan
IDEIA:Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Education Act (Federal law governing special education)
IEP:Individualized Education Program
IFSP:Individualized Family Service Plan
IHP:Individualized Health Plan
ILSP:Independent Living Skills Program
ISP:Individual Service Plan
ITP:Individualized Transition Plan
IV:Intravenous
L
LACAN:Louisiana Citizens for Action Now
LATAN:Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network
LCSW:Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LD:Learning Disability
LEA:Local Education Agency
LEAP:Louisiana Education Assessment Program
LMFT:Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
LPC:Licensed Professional Counselor
LRE:Least Restrictive Environment
LRS:Louisiana Rehabilitation Services
LT-PCS:Long Term Personal Care Services
M
MHR:Mental Health Rehabilitation
MST:MultiSystemic Therapy
N
NAMI:National Alliance on Mental Illness
NCLB:No Child Left Behind
NEC:Necrotizing Enterocolitis
NICU:Neonatal Intensive Care Units
NOW:New Opportunities Waiver
O
OCD:Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCDD:Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities
OCR:Office for Civil Rights
OCS:Office of Community Services
ODD:Oppositional Defiance Disorder
OHI:Other Health Impaired
OMH:Office of Mental Health
OPH:Office of Public Health
OYD:Office of Youth Development
P
PBS:Positive Behavior Support
PCA:Personal Care Attendant program
PCS:Personal Care Services
PDD:Pervasive Development Disorder
PDD-NOS:Pervasive Development Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified
PKU:Phenylketonuria
PROMPT:Parents Reaching Out Model for Parent Training (project)
PT:Physical Therapy
R
RDS:Respiratory Distress Syndrome
RLF:Retrolental Fibroplasias
ROP:Retinopathy Of Prematurity
RTI:Response To Intervention
S
SBLC:School Building Level Committee
SDE:State Department of Education
SEA:State Education Agency
SECTION 504:The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 made it illegal for any organization receiving federal funds to discriminate against a qualified person with a disability.
SFC:Substitute Family Care
SIL:Supervised Independent Living
SILC:Statewide Independent Living Council
SPED:Special education
SSI:Supplemental Security Administration
ST:Speech Therapy
T
TFC:Therapeutic Foster Care
THI/SCI:Traumatic Head Injury/Spinal Cord Injury
TTY:Text Telephone, a telecommunication device for the hearing impaired
