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